African countries with heterodox political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor, and Hirschman) to make the …

avenues and resources for transformation. -- Africa ; economic development ; economic history ; exports ; industrialization …

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …

economy of development: viability, surplus, and class-formation. A case study of the development of rural labour systems in …

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between past slave exports and economic performance within Africa. Here we … raiding outside Africa, and find evidence that questions the validity of such suggestion. In addition, our reading of the …

effect on income. However, in Africa rugged terrain afforded protection to those being raided during the slave trades. Since … the slave trades retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness has also had a historical indirect … for Africa the indirect positive effect dominates the direct negative effect. Looking within Africa, we also provide …