Chibuike Uche
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 642406 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Chibuike Uche |
| NOMBRES | Chibuike |
| APELLIDO | Uche |
| FIRMA | UCHE C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8106-3067 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 132 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Socioeconomic Implications of Foreign Remittances and Human Capital Flight in Africa
This study tests the hypothesis that foreign remittances compensate for the effects of outward migration. It uses a panel dataset of 51 African countries, a dynamic estimator, and selected socio‐economic performance indicators. On a macroeconomic and procyclical scale, the study finds that human capital flight (HCF) constrains the manufacturing sector performance, per capita GDP growth, and labour force participation in the sending countries. In …
Multinational companies and climate change and sustainable development debate
Using the Third-party Cost Theory and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis as well as a comparative case study design, this study examined multinational companies' commitments to energy efficiency and responsive climate action in Africa. The study used cases of cement production in different African countries to benchmark the baseline operational context of Dangote Cement Plc. (a local MNC) and Lafarge Africa Plc. (a foreign MNC) in Nigeria. Although b…
Funding, Governance, and Control Contestations in a Multilateral Organizational Setting
The main research question in this article centers on how changes in the African Development Bank (AfDB) power distribution influence the funding, governance, and operations of the Bank. The study specifically explores how the power-play between external and internal members of a regional multilateral development bank influences the funding capacity and governance quality. Using the case of the AfDB, the article chronicles the persistent changes …
The United Kingdom, the Sterling Area operations, and reserve management in Nigeria
From a historical perspective and using a country-specific case analysis, this paper examines the claim that, under a bilateral or multilateral arrangement, a country’s monetary system unwittingly causes frustrations in the monetary management of other countries. It explores the dynamics of Nigeria’s relationship with the UK throughout the Sterling Area regime and documents the diplomatic reactions of Nigeria to the variations in the role of the …
Nigeria and the Practice of Whistleblowing – How Not to Mobilize Citizens’ Participation in Anti-Corruption Programme
Relying on the Nigerian case, this study uses the principles of public par-ticipation theory to show how faulty anti-corruption designs and imple-mentation processes can exacerbate political corruption and breedineffective anti-corruption regulations. Applying an exploratory researchdesign and triangulating information from official sources and mainstreamliterature, the study reveals that the government’s attempt to implicitlyand explicitly imple…
The study centre of the Africa Institute
Using the Netherlands as a case study and materials partly from Dutch government archives, this paper critiques the development of African Studies after the Second World War and the role the state, business interests, and Official Development Assistance played in this process. It argues that the commercial nature of the Dutch state laid the foundation for the country’s knowledge-driven international expansionist agenda. Although the country trade…
We will pay compensation from future profits
The 1970 nationalisation of foreign businesses in Uganda was arguably the first time that a country would announce to pay compensation for nationalised businesses from the future profits earned by such businesses. Using two interrelated models, namely the Obsolescing Bargaining Model and Political Bargaining Model, and materials from three UK archives and the World Bank Archives, this paper critiques the negotiations between the nationalised busi…
Multinationals, Capital Export, and the Inclusive Development Debate in Developing Countries
In this paper, we employed a blend of multiple and historical case study design, and a mix of institutional, behavioral, resource-based, and multinational theories, to examine the nature of multinational companies’ (MNC) engagements in local economic development and capital export practices in an African context. Evidence from our Nigerian case analysis (FrieslandCampina, Nigerian Breweries Plc. and Dangote Cement) confirms the proposition that, …
The nationalisation of British banks in post-colonial Tanzania
Using materials from three relevant archives, this article explores the 1967 Nationalisation of the banking industry in Tanzania with particular focus on the three British banks that dominated the sector. Although it is widely agreed that prompt, adequate, and effective compensation should be paid for such nationalisations, studies in this arena have rarely focused on the contestations that impact on the definition and operationalisation of what …
Second-hand vehicle markets in West Africa
This article critiques the second-hand vehicle markets in the West African region, focusing on the triad trading arrangements among Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Niger. These countries are connected by a number of underlying conflicting interests in the second-hand vehicles trade. Benin and Togo are incentivised by the revenues derived from re-export trade and port operations. Niger provides a proxy market for the illegal re-export of these vehicles …
Development built on crony capitalism? The case of Dangote Cement
This paper critiques the emergence of Dangote Cement as the dominant player in cement manufacturing in Nigeria. It argues that the changed economic environment General Obasanjo met when he became president of Nigeria for a second time in 1999 made it difficult for him to continue the nationalisation policies and the expansion of government involvement in several spheres of economic activity that he helped to promote in the 1970s. The realisation …
The British Government, Idi Amin and the Expulsion of British Asians From Uganda
By far the most contentious issue in the postcolonial relationship between the UK and Uganda was the 1972 expulsion of British Asians by President Amin. Although it is well documented that Idi Amin refused to bow to international pressure to reverse this decision or extend its compliance period, our knowledge of the numerous schemes, especially the covert ones, that were considered and/or operationalized by the British government in order to infl…
State Legitimacy and the Unending Crisis of Petrol Subsidy Reforms in Nigeria
Why would the citizens of an oil-producing state continually resist reform-induced petrol price increases, even when subsidy payments are proved to be a serious threat to the capacity of the state to deliver its core constitutional mandates? In this paper, we tackle this question by contending that the difficulty in petrol subsidy implementation in a country like Nigeria has more to do with the clear lack of state legitimacy and public trust, and…
Entrepreneurship in Africa
Historically, entrepreneurs have always played a central role in the development of nation states. Aside from rentier states, which depend extensively on the availability of mineral resource rents, most economically prosperous nations in the world have strong, innovative and competitive business enterprises and entrepreneurs as the bedrock of their economic development and prosperity. It was arguably because of the above historical fact that the …
The Nationalization of Lonrho’s Business Interests in Postcolonial Tanzania
On June 2, 1978, the Tanzanian government under President Julius Nyerere ordered the British multinational corporation, Lonrho Limited, to leave the country. The “official reason” provided for this action was Lonrho’s “continued defiance of the United Nations mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia and the expansion of its business interests in South Africa.” Using newly available materials, mainly from the National Archives London, this paper attem…
Land Grab and the Viability of Foreign Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lonrho in Africa
Under the leadership of Tiny Rowland, Lonrho became the largest and most widely established company in post-independence Africa. Using newly available materials mainly from the National Archives London, this article investigates the activities of Lonrho in Africa and the company’s relationship with the British government during the period. Although Prime Minister Edward Heath publicly labeled the company as the “unacceptable face of capitalism,” …
British Government, British Businesses, and the Indigenization Exercise in Post-Independence Nigeria
The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree of 1972, which was promulgated in Nigeria after the country gained its independence from Britain, put in place a framework for the varied transfer of equity ownership of expatriate businesses to Nigerians. The decree was replaced by a more stringent order in 1977. Despite the extensive research on the Nigerian indigenization episode, there have been few studies on the role of the British government in the…
Security votes in Nigeria
The practice of misappropriating and stealing huge sums of public money under the guise of enhancing national security has come under increasing scrutiny in Nigeria. This article investigates the history and practice of the use of so-called security votes, and shows how the ambiguity and secrecy associated with the concept of national security has helped institutionalize unaccountable governance at all levels of government. Tracing the use and ab…
British Petroleum vs. The Nigerian Government
This article documents a landmark dispute between British Petroleum (BP) and the Nigerian tax authorities that occurred over a N130 million (£100 million) capital gains tax assessment arising from an intra BP Group transfer of its 50 per cent shareholding in Shell/BP Nigeria. This was necessitated by a BP transaction in Abu Dhabi. This tax assessment, which was more than twice the yearly cash flow of BP's Nigerian operations at the time, ignited …
Oil, British Interests and the Nigerian Civil War
Using newly available evidence, mainly from the Public Records Office (now the National Archive) in London, this article attempts to unravel the true extent of the role that British oil interests played in the decision of the British government to insist on a ‘One Nigeria’ solution in the Nigeria/Biafra conflict. While the official position of the British government was that its main interest in the Nigeria conflict was to prevent the break-up of…
Collusion and Competition in Colonial Economies
This article examines the collusion between the only two major banks to operate in British West Africa for most of the colonial period after 1916, Barclays and the Bank of British West Africa. The companies' records reveal that the alliance was more far-reaching than has previously been shown, escalating to include not only comprehensive price-fixing but also restrictions on the products offered. The article considers the reactions of African and…
(Mis)using Bank Share Capital as a Regulatory Tool to Force Bank Consolidations in Nigeria
This paper is a critique of the policy-making process and the particular policy choice made by the Central Bank of Nigeria with respect to the recent increase in the minimum share capital requirement for Nigerian banks. The article questions the apparent prioritization by the Central Bank of banking supervision – important though it is – over macro-economic stability. It also draws attention to serious public law issues (breach of monetary law an…
Credit for Africans; the demand for a ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast colony
This article traces the origins of the ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast. It shows how the Colonial authorities perverted the demand by Africans for a special kind of bank to aid their development. The Colonial Office preferred and ensured the establishment of an orthodox institution, which had little to give with regard to Africans' demand for developmental credit. This was because it believed that such development institutions would be unhelpfu…
Capitalism in the Colonies
Oil, British Interests and the Nigerian Civil War
Using newly available evidence, mainly from the Public Records Office (now the National Archive) in London, this article attempts to unravel the true extent of the role that British oil interests played in the decision of the British government to insist on a ‘One Nigeria’ solution in the Nigeria/Biafra conflict. While the official position of the British government was that its main interest in the Nigeria conflict was to prevent the break-up of…
Collusion and Competition in Colonial Economies
This article examines the collusion between the only two major banks to operate in British West Africa for most of the colonial period after 1916, Barclays and the Bank of British West Africa. The companies' records reveal that the alliance was more far-reaching than has previously been shown, escalating to include not only comprehensive price-fixing but also restrictions on the products offered. The article considers the reactions of African and…
British Government, British Businesses, and the Indigenization Exercise in Post-Independence Nigeria
The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree of 1972, which was promulgated in Nigeria after the country gained its independence from Britain, put in place a framework for the varied transfer of equity ownership of expatriate businesses to Nigerians. The decree was replaced by a more stringent order in 1977. Despite the extensive research on the Nigerian indigenization episode, there have been few studies on the role of the British government in the…
Foreign banks, Africans, and credit in colonial Nigeria, c. 1890‐1912
Bank of England vs the IBRD
Development built on crony capitalism? The case of Dangote Cement
This paper critiques the emergence of Dangote Cement as the dominant player in cement manufacturing in Nigeria. It argues that the changed economic environment General Obasanjo met when he became president of Nigeria for a second time in 1999 made it difficult for him to continue the nationalisation policies and the expansion of government involvement in several spheres of economic activity that he helped to promote in the 1970s. The realisation …
From currency board to central banking
A landmark institutional change in the evolution of the monetary and financial system of the west African sub-region, was the exit of the Gold Coast1 from the West African Currency Board (WACB) and the subsequent setting up of a Ghanaian central bank in 1957.2 Yet very little is known about the underlying forces at work that influenced this process.3 It is not the intention of this paper to attempt a belated contribution to the literature regardi…
Entrepreneurship in Africa
Historically, entrepreneurs have always played a central role in the development of nation states. Aside from rentier states, which depend extensively on the availability of mineral resource rents, most economically prosperous nations in the world have strong, innovative and competitive business enterprises and entrepreneurs as the bedrock of their economic development and prosperity. It was arguably because of the above historical fact that the …
Lonrho in Africa
Under the leadership of Tiny Rowland, Lonrho became the largest and most widely established company in post-independence Africa. Using newly available materials mainly from the National Archives London, this article investigates the activities of Lonrho in Africa and the company’s relationship with the British government during the period. Although Prime Minister Edward Heath publicly labeled the company as the “unacceptable face of capitalism,” …
From Currency Board to Central Banking
he most important institutional change in the evolution of the monetary and financial system of Sierra Leone was the replacement of the West African Currency Board (WACR) by the Bank of Sierra Yet very little is known about the underlying processes and forces at work that impacted on this change process.3 It is not the intention of this paper to attempt a belated contribution to the literature regarding the merits and demerits of establishing cen…
Security votes in Nigeria
The practice of misappropriating and stealing huge sums of public money under the guise of enhancing national security has come under increasing scrutiny in Nigeria. This article investigates the history and practice of the use of so-called security votes, and shows how the ambiguity and secrecy associated with the concept of national security has helped institutionalize unaccountable governance at all levels of government. Tracing the use and ab…
British Petroleum vs. The Nigerian Government
This article documents a landmark dispute between British Petroleum (BP) and the Nigerian tax authorities that occurred over a N130 million (£100 million) capital gains tax assessment arising from an intra BP Group transfer of its 50 per cent shareholding in Shell/BP Nigeria. This was necessitated by a BP transaction in Abu Dhabi. This tax assessment, which was more than twice the yearly cash flow of BP's Nigerian operations at the time, ignited …
Money matters in a war economy
Although the secessionist bid of Biafra from Nigeria and the attendant Nigerian civil war ended over 30 years ago, there has been very little research on monetary and banking policies during the war period. This article explores this terrain in the belief that insights into monetary and banking matters in Biafra during and after the civil war will enhance our understanding of the dynamics that influenced the outcome of the war and the post‐war re…
Accounting and control in Barclays Bank (DCO)
This paper analyses the accounting, control and operational consequences of a pre-independence experiment by Barclays Bank (DCO) in the British Nigerian colony to liberalize its credit policy towards Africans. This was partly an attempt to develop African business, an area previously neglected by foreign banks. The new policy also appeased Africans who believed that the colonial banks discriminated against them. This experiment resulted in 'alarm…
The nationalisation of British banks in post-colonial Tanzania
Using materials from three relevant archives, this article explores the 1967 Nationalisation of the banking industry in Tanzania with particular focus on the three British banks that dominated the sector. Although it is widely agreed that prompt, adequate, and effective compensation should be paid for such nationalisations, studies in this arena have rarely focused on the contestations that impact on the definition and operationalisation of what …
Credit for Africans; the demand for a ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast colony
This article traces the origins of the ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast. It shows how the Colonial authorities perverted the demand by Africans for a special kind of bank to aid their development. The Colonial Office preferred and ensured the establishment of an orthodox institution, which had little to give with regard to Africans' demand for developmental credit. This was because it believed that such development institutions would be unhelpfu…
Capitalism in the Colonies
We will pay compensation from future profits
The 1970 nationalisation of foreign businesses in Uganda was arguably the first time that a country would announce to pay compensation for nationalised businesses from the future profits earned by such businesses. Using two interrelated models, namely the Obsolescing Bargaining Model and Political Bargaining Model, and materials from three UK archives and the World Bank Archives, this paper critiques the negotiations between the nationalised busi…
State Legitimacy and the Unending Crisis of Petrol Subsidy Reforms in Nigeria
Why would the citizens of an oil-producing state continually resist reform-induced petrol price increases, even when subsidy payments are proved to be a serious threat to the capacity of the state to deliver its core constitutional mandates? In this paper, we tackle this question by contending that the difficulty in petrol subsidy implementation in a country like Nigeria has more to do with the clear lack of state legitimacy and public trust, and…
The Nationalization of Lonrho’s Business Interests in Postcolonial Tanzania
On June 2, 1978, the Tanzanian government under President Julius Nyerere ordered the British multinational corporation, Lonrho Limited, to leave the country. The “official reason” provided for this action was Lonrho’s “continued defiance of the United Nations mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia and the expansion of its business interests in South Africa.” Using newly available materials, mainly from the National Archives London, this paper attem…
From currency board to central banking
A landmark institutional change in the evolution of the monetary and financial system of the west African sub-region, was the exit of the Gold Coast1 from the West African Currency Board (WACB) and the subsequent setting up of a Ghanaian central bank in 1957.2 Yet very little is known about the underlying forces at work that influenced this process.3 It is not the intention of this paper to attempt a belated contribution to the literature regardi…
From Currency Board to Central Banking
he most important institutional change in the evolution of the monetary and financial system of Sierra Leone was the replacement of the West African Currency Board (WACR) by the Bank of Sierra Yet very little is known about the underlying processes and forces at work that impacted on this change process.3 It is not the intention of this paper to attempt a belated contribution to the literature regarding the merits and demerits of establishing cen…
Bank of England vs the IBRD
Accounting and control in Barclays Bank (DCO)
This paper analyses the accounting, control and operational consequences of a pre-independence experiment by Barclays Bank (DCO) in the British Nigerian colony to liberalize its credit policy towards Africans. This was partly an attempt to develop African business, an area previously neglected by foreign banks. The new policy also appeased Africans who believed that the colonial banks discriminated against them. This experiment resulted in 'alarm…
Foreign banks, Africans, and credit in colonial Nigeria, c. 1890‐1912
J.B. Loynes and central banking development in British West Africa
A landmark institutional change in the financial histories of the British West African colonies was the transition from currency board to central banking. The changing political climate and the clamour for independence were among the main factors that influenced this change in the banking environment. Under British colonial rule, monetary matters in the colonies was the responsibility of the Colonial Office. In carrying out this function, it exte…
Money matters in a war economy
Although the secessionist bid of Biafra from Nigeria and the attendant Nigerian civil war ended over 30 years ago, there has been very little research on monetary and banking policies during the war period. This article explores this terrain in the belief that insights into monetary and banking matters in Biafra during and after the civil war will enhance our understanding of the dynamics that influenced the outcome of the war and the post‐war re…
Credit for Africans; the demand for a ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast colony
This article traces the origins of the ‘national bank’ in the Gold Coast. It shows how the Colonial authorities perverted the demand by Africans for a special kind of bank to aid their development. The Colonial Office preferred and ensured the establishment of an orthodox institution, which had little to give with regard to Africans' demand for developmental credit. This was because it believed that such development institutions would be unhelpfu…
(Mis)using Bank Share Capital as a Regulatory Tool to Force Bank Consolidations in Nigeria
This paper is a critique of the policy-making process and the particular policy choice made by the Central Bank of Nigeria with respect to the recent increase in the minimum share capital requirement for Nigerian banks. The article questions the apparent prioritization by the Central Bank of banking supervision – important though it is – over macro-economic stability. It also draws attention to serious public law issues (breach of monetary law an…
Collusion and Competition in Colonial Economies
This article examines the collusion between the only two major banks to operate in British West Africa for most of the colonial period after 1916, Barclays and the Bank of British West Africa. The companies' records reveal that the alliance was more far-reaching than has previously been shown, escalating to include not only comprehensive price-fixing but also restrictions on the products offered. The article considers the reactions of African and…
Oil, British Interests and the Nigerian Civil War
Using newly available evidence, mainly from the Public Records Office (now the National Archive) in London, this article attempts to unravel the true extent of the role that British oil interests played in the decision of the British government to insist on a ‘One Nigeria’ solution in the Nigeria/Biafra conflict. While the official position of the British government was that its main interest in the Nigeria conflict was to prevent the break-up of…
British Petroleum vs. The Nigerian Government
This article documents a landmark dispute between British Petroleum (BP) and the Nigerian tax authorities that occurred over a N130 million (£100 million) capital gains tax assessment arising from an intra BP Group transfer of its 50 per cent shareholding in Shell/BP Nigeria. This was necessitated by a BP transaction in Abu Dhabi. This tax assessment, which was more than twice the yearly cash flow of BP's Nigerian operations at the time, ignited …
British Government, British Businesses, and the Indigenization Exercise in Post-Independence Nigeria
The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree of 1972, which was promulgated in Nigeria after the country gained its independence from Britain, put in place a framework for the varied transfer of equity ownership of expatriate businesses to Nigerians. The decree was replaced by a more stringent order in 1977. Despite the extensive research on the Nigerian indigenization episode, there have been few studies on the role of the British government in the…
Security votes in Nigeria
The practice of misappropriating and stealing huge sums of public money under the guise of enhancing national security has come under increasing scrutiny in Nigeria. This article investigates the history and practice of the use of so-called security votes, and shows how the ambiguity and secrecy associated with the concept of national security has helped institutionalize unaccountable governance at all levels of government. Tracing the use and ab…
Land Grab and the Viability of Foreign Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lonrho in Africa
Under the leadership of Tiny Rowland, Lonrho became the largest and most widely established company in post-independence Africa. Using newly available materials mainly from the National Archives London, this article investigates the activities of Lonrho in Africa and the company’s relationship with the British government during the period. Although Prime Minister Edward Heath publicly labeled the company as the “unacceptable face of capitalism,” …
The Nationalization of Lonrho’s Business Interests in Postcolonial Tanzania
On June 2, 1978, the Tanzanian government under President Julius Nyerere ordered the British multinational corporation, Lonrho Limited, to leave the country. The “official reason” provided for this action was Lonrho’s “continued defiance of the United Nations mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia and the expansion of its business interests in South Africa.” Using newly available materials, mainly from the National Archives London, this paper attem…
The British Government, Idi Amin and the Expulsion of British Asians From Uganda
By far the most contentious issue in the postcolonial relationship between the UK and Uganda was the 1972 expulsion of British Asians by President Amin. Although it is well documented that Idi Amin refused to bow to international pressure to reverse this decision or extend its compliance period, our knowledge of the numerous schemes, especially the covert ones, that were considered and/or operationalized by the British government in order to infl…
State Legitimacy and the Unending Crisis of Petrol Subsidy Reforms in Nigeria
Why would the citizens of an oil-producing state continually resist reform-induced petrol price increases, even when subsidy payments are proved to be a serious threat to the capacity of the state to deliver its core constitutional mandates? In this paper, we tackle this question by contending that the difficulty in petrol subsidy implementation in a country like Nigeria has more to do with the clear lack of state legitimacy and public trust, and…
Entrepreneurship in Africa
Historically, entrepreneurs have always played a central role in the development of nation states. Aside from rentier states, which depend extensively on the availability of mineral resource rents, most economically prosperous nations in the world have strong, innovative and competitive business enterprises and entrepreneurs as the bedrock of their economic development and prosperity. It was arguably because of the above historical fact that the …
Development built on crony capitalism? The case of Dangote Cement
This paper critiques the emergence of Dangote Cement as the dominant player in cement manufacturing in Nigeria. It argues that the changed economic environment General Obasanjo met when he became president of Nigeria for a second time in 1999 made it difficult for him to continue the nationalisation policies and the expansion of government involvement in several spheres of economic activity that he helped to promote in the 1970s. The realisation …
Second-hand vehicle markets in West Africa
This article critiques the second-hand vehicle markets in the West African region, focusing on the triad trading arrangements among Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Niger. These countries are connected by a number of underlying conflicting interests in the second-hand vehicles trade. Benin and Togo are incentivised by the revenues derived from re-export trade and port operations. Niger provides a proxy market for the illegal re-export of these vehicles …
Multinationals, Capital Export, and the Inclusive Development Debate in Developing Countries
In this paper, we employed a blend of multiple and historical case study design, and a mix of institutional, behavioral, resource-based, and multinational theories, to examine the nature of multinational companies’ (MNC) engagements in local economic development and capital export practices in an African context. Evidence from our Nigerian case analysis (FrieslandCampina, Nigerian Breweries Plc. and Dangote Cement) confirms the proposition that, …
The nationalisation of British banks in post-colonial Tanzania
Using materials from three relevant archives, this article explores the 1967 Nationalisation of the banking industry in Tanzania with particular focus on the three British banks that dominated the sector. Although it is widely agreed that prompt, adequate, and effective compensation should be paid for such nationalisations, studies in this arena have rarely focused on the contestations that impact on the definition and operationalisation of what …
Capitalism in the Colonies
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