Tham khảo tài liệu 'money and power great predators in the political economy of development_8', tài chính - ngân hàng, tài chính doanh nghiệp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | MONEY AND POWER between million and million. Of the consultants involved in technical-assistance projects individual British consultants together were contracted 388 times to a total cost of million while many recognisable firms were contracted a handful of times each with contract values of between million GHK International Ltd and million Maxwell Stamp plc ADB 2007 . Derivative business at the African Development Bank In 1994 when the House of Commons Select Committee on Trade was preparing for the post-apartheid feast that South African business was predicted to represent it was predicting that South Africa would join newer industrial countries in the displacement of the traditional European suppliers at the AfDB becoming both a major shareholder and major borrower It will therefore be in a position to absorb internally most of the procurement contracts that are generated through international lending activities to South Africa HC 1994 35 . The AfDB stressed that the competitive position of South Africa would mean that in a regional context in addition to absorbing all procurement contracts relating to projects financed in South Africa it will displace many European and North American firms that have been active in the southern Africa region. HC 1994 35 British firms stand to be among the major losers in the region and are urged to make direct investments in establishing South African subsidiaries and to weld strategic alliances with relevant local partners . to become more competitive in the procurement activities in other southern Africa countries North of the Limpopo River. ibid. With hindsight advocating increased business in Zimbabwe might have been foolish but strategic deals were done particularly by the Commonwealth Development Corporation CDC through Actis with emerging South African firms in infrastructure the N4 toll road TransAfrican Concessions hotels paper Peters Papers packaging Lenco finance billion leveraged buyout
