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Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II Transforming Infrastructure Development
Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II
Elena G. Popkova • Bruno S. Sergi Lubinda Haabazoka • Julia V. Ragulina Editors
Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II Transforming Infrastructure Development
Editors Elena G. Popkova Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) Moscow, Russia Lubinda Haabazoka Graduate School of Business University of Zambia Lusaka, Zambia
Bruno S. Sergi Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA University of Messina Messina, Italy Julia V. Ragulina Chair of Compliance and Controlling RUDN University Moscow, Russia
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Contents
Part I Transforming Infrastructure Development 1 1 Corporate Governance in South Africa: A Comparative Aspect 3 Alla S. Laletina and Igor A. Kosyakin 2 Hi-Tech Development of Modern Africa: Opportunities and Barriers 15 Bruno S. Sergi and Elena G. Popkova 3 Information Society, Telecommunication Infrastructure, and Digital Entrepreneurship in Modern Africa 25 Elena G. Popkova and Julia V. Ragulina 4 The Impact of Obsolescence on Public-Private Partnership Projects in South Africa 37 Brighton Mukuvari and Nthatisi Khatleli
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5 The Strategic Benefits of Innovation Adoption in Construction Consultancy Firms: The
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