Essays from the Ghana-Valco renegotiations, 1982-85

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Title:	Essays from the Ghana-Valco renegotiations, 1982-85
Editor:	Tsikata, Fui S.
Year:	1986
Pages:	163
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Accra
Publisher:	Victoriaborg Press
ISBN:	9964901208
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	mining companies aluminium industry
Abstract:	This collection of essays is the product of informal discussions among members of the Ghana Negotiating Team in July 1984, following the conclusion of broad agreement with the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (Valco). Four of the six essays have been written by members of the negotiating team. Contents: 1. Dealing with a transnational corporation: the Ghana-Valco renegotiations, by Fui Tsikata; 2. Renegotiating the price and availability of energy for an aluminium smelter: the Valco renegotiations, by R. Sims and L. Casely-Hayford; 3. Legal fiction versus business substance: Valco-Kaiser relations, by Kofi Ansah and Fui Tsikata; 4. Some legal issues arising from the negotiation of the Valco agreement, by Akilagpa Sawyerr; 5. Structural problems in the world economy: a case study of the Ghana-Valco renegotiations, by R.W. Graham; 6. Transfer pricing abuses and less developed countries, by C.R. Irish.