... wemeasuring? In the last three chapters we have examined profitability within the political economy of aid, both in and of itself in chapter 7 (throughdirect contracts), and then in terms of the ... sector, illustrating well the role of DFIs in providing institutions and structures for the export, and then recy-cling, of finance capital from the core states. In Ghana the CDC worked in collaboration ... by institutional oversight at the level of the firm, or its‘parent’ national development finance company. Also, throughout the period since the early 1980s the CDC, and the Great Predators in general,...