Ghana is one of the top – ten fastest growing economies in the world, and the fastest growing economy in Africa.

In Ghana, for example, cassava and yams occupy an important position the agricultural economy, and contribute about 46 % of the agricultural gross domestic product.

Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana ( 1960 – 66 ), coined the term neo-colonialism in the book Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism ( 1965 ) As a political scientist, Nkrumah theoretically developed and extended, to the post – War 20th century, the socio-economic and political arguments presented by Lenin in the pamphlet Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism ( 1917 ), about 19th-century imperialism as the logical extension of geopolitical power to meet the financial investment needs of the political economy of capitalism.

Ghana Airways operated the aircraft in a configuration of 20 first class and 87 economy class seats.

A World Bank comparison of sectoral growth in Côte d ' Ivoire, Ghana and Zimbabwe since 1965 provided evidence against the existence of a basic dual economy model.

The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.

The development of the region's economy allowed more centralized states to form, one of the first being the Ghana Empire.

Furthermore, China, the Middle East, central Europe and Africa are absorbing more of the world's imports which in the end may result in a world economy that is more evenly balanced.

“ Colonial Africa fell within that part of the international capitalist economy from which surplus was drawn to feed the metropolitan sector.

The economy of the second largest country in Africa relies heavily on mining.

The economy of the second largest country in Africa relies heavily on mining.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the African slave trade, centuries old in Africa, was not yet the major feature of the coastal economy of Guinea.

The island is located off the east coast of Africa, to the north of Madagascar, and boasted a high standard of living, an excellent economy, and freedom from the political and racial turmoil that characterized neighboring nations.

The global economic crisis hit the Lesotho economy hard through loss of textile exports and jobs in the sector due largely to the economic slowdown in the United States which is a major export destination, reduced diamond mining and exports, including weak prices for diamonds ; drop in SACU revenues due to the economic slowdown in the South African economy, and reduction in worker remittances due to weakening of the South African economy and contraction of the mining sector and related job losses in South Africa.

The World Economic Forum placed Morocco as the 2nd most competitive economy in North Africa behind Tunisia, in its African Competitiveness Report 2009.

Furthermore, the Namibian economy remains integrated with the economy of South Africa, as the bulk of Namibia's imports originate there.

The Namibian economy is closely linked to South Africa with the Namibian dollar pegged to the South African rand.

It is the largest economy in the West Africa Region, 3rd largest economy in Africa ( behind South Africa and Egypt ), and on track to becoming one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2025.

The economy of South Africa is the largest in Africa, accounts for 24 % of its Gross Domestic Product in terms of PPP, and is ranked as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank, which makes the country one of only four countries in Africa represented in this category ( the others being Botswana, Gabon and Mauritius ).

Adaptation to the social and non-social environment through the economy has been met to a degree through a type of occupational segregation.

During much of the year the general level of business activity has moved along on a record-high plateau, but there have been persistent signs of slack in the economy.

The Atlantic has contributed significantly to the development and economy of surrounding countries.

Azerbaijan is an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy ( with the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline ), from one where the state played the major role.

The consequent blockade along both the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders has devastated the economy, because of Armenia's dependence on outside supplies of energy and most raw materials.

According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta has very high levels of economic freedom and rates Alberta as the most free economy in Canada, and second most free economy amongst U. S. states and Canadian provinces.

Alberta has always been an export-oriented economy.

In line with Harold Innis ' " Staples Thesis ", the economy has changed substantially as different export commodities have risen or fallen in importance.

Ajaccio has a small manufacturing economy of cigars, macaroni, and similar products, and carries on shipbuilding, sardine-fishing and coral-fishing.

A major contribution to the recent growth in the overall Bahamian economy is Kerzner International's Atlantis Resort and Casino, which took over the former Paradise Island Resort and has provided a much needed boost to the economy.

The Bahamas has the 47th freest economy in the world according to The Heritage Foundation 2010 Index of Economic Freedom.

A large injection of external investment from both private and public sources has alleviated the economic difficulties of the early 1990s caused by global recession and persistently low commodity prices ( although the latter continues to affect the economy ).

Although trade unions in Benin represent up to 75 % of the formal workforce, the large informal economy has been noted by the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITCU ) to contain ongoing problems, including a lack of women's wage equality, the use of child labour, and the continuing issue of forced labour.

As stated above, this support has been key to the growth and revitalization of the economy and infrastructure in the republic.

A sparsely populated, arid country, Botswana has nonetheless managed to incorporate much of its interior into the national economy.

The government has shown progress in its basic policy of diversifying the economy away from oil and gas.

Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion although it has taken steps to become a more prominent player by serving as chairman for the 2000 APEC ( Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation ) forum.

It has been recently predicted that the economy would grow modestly by 2011.

At the same time annual inflation in the economy was variable and during the last five years ( 2003 – 2007 ) has seen a low of 2. 3 % and high of 7. 3 %.

China, a high growth economy, has tended to run trade surpluses.

Since the stagflation of the 1970s, the U. S. economy has been characterized by slower GDP growth.

Canada has the tenth largest economy in the world ( measured in US dollars at market exchange rates ), is one of the world's wealthiest nations, and is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and Group of Eight ( G8 ).