The free-market is a necessary, yet limited, aspect of development. It must not be relied upon as the sole approach to poverty alleviation.
Research must consider the links between militants and the oil complex in order to assess the potential for further rounds of violence.
With torture reportedly rife, tens of thousands of Libyans in early graves, and a government instilled that could be as bad as the last, the people of Libya are far from protected.
Power-sharing, far from a method aimed solely at conflict resolution, provides ample chance for national political development.
Although the benefits of globalization continue to be disproportionately angled in favour of the developed global North, GDP can be seen to have risen for developing countries, including those within sub-Saharan Africa.
The legacy of French colonial rule continued to be a shaping force in the economic development of Senegal for decades following its independence. This placed restraints on the economy and made it difficult for businesses to generate growth independent of the regime.
France’s strategic interests dictated its involvement during the Rwandan genocide. The incentive to preserve la Francophonie superseded any humanitarian action concerns.
Zimbabwe, unlike its neighbour Botswana, has emerged as a predatory state; clinging on to state power has become the main objective of the political elite is to cling on to state power.
Modernisation, development and globalisation are not inevitable and ‘hard work’ to ensure neoliberal globalisation in the global south has not created progress.
The recent behaviour of international interveners, shaped by the erroneous theories of ‘new wars’ literature, is not useful in the establishment of a self-sustainable democracy.
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