Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana

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xvii Abbreviations ACS-BPS Affiliated Computer Services-Business Processing Services AMA Accra Metropolitan Assembly BP British Petroleum CBD central business district CBO community based organization CEPIL Centre for Public Interest Law COHRE Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions EPZ export processing zone FDI foreign direct investment GA Greater Accra GAMA Greater Accra Metropolitan Assembly GCG Ghana Cyber Group GFZD Ghana Free Zones Board GHI Ghana Homes Incorporated GHPF Ghana Homeless Peoples Federation GIPC Ghana Investment Promotion Centre GNIPC gross national income per capita GNPPC gross national product per capita GREDA Ghana Real Estate Developers Association GSE Ghana Stock Exchange GSS Ghana Statistical Service HABITAT United Nations Centre for Human Settlements HFC Home Finance Corporation HTA Hometown Association IGO intergovernmental organization IMF International Monetary Fund xviii | a bbr ev i atiOns IRS Internal Revenue Service IT information technology JV joint-venture KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLERP Korle Lagoon Ecological Restoration Project MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology NGO nongovernmental organization NPP New Patriotic Party OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PD People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements RA residential association SAP structural adjustment programs SDI Shack/Slum Dwellers International UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference for Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization USAID United States Agency for International Development Globalizing City ...