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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (B)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713043-EEconomicsSupplement for case 713042Starting at €5.74
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ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia
Reinert, Sophus A.; Nam, Sarah; Pan, Sisi; Werker, EricCase HBS-718029-EEconomicsDuring the summer of 2014, Alan Knight, General Manager of Corporate Responsibility at the integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, observed the unfolding of an Ebola epidemic in Liberia and other countries in West Africa with great concern. On the one hand was the sheer tragedy of the calamity that struck the poverty-stricken country, recently emerged from a long and painful civil war; on the other, the fact that ArcelorMittal's mining...Starting at €8.20
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Liberia, Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713001-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712011. From 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to...Starting at €0.00
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Liberia
Werker, Eric; Beganovic, JasminaCase HBS-712011-EEconomicsFrom 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to foreign investors, and ju...Starting at €8.20
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713042-EEconomicsIn spite of its abundant energy resources, Nigeria in 2012 had one of the lowest levels of energy use in the world. Self-generation of power from costly generators was double that of grid-supplied electricity. The history of its power sector was one of inefficient monopolies, missteps, and corruption. But a wholesale change to the market, designed under reformist President Obasanjo and pushed forward by President Jonathan, promised greater effici...Starting at €8.20
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713053-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713042 and 713043.Starting at €0.00