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Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has fallen very little in the aggregate. There have been strong poverty reduction performances in some countries, but others exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite...
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This study investigates the long-term influence of colonial legacy on the nexus between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and labor market. We construct a panel dataset containing 285 Chinese cities 2011 to 2017 along with detailed information about Chinese modern history during 1842-1955)....
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Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole has fallen by about a third, compared to by half or more in other developing regions. While some countries have had little or no success in reducing poverty, many have had...
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This article contributes to the growing literature on colonial legacies influencing long‐term development. It focuses on Botswana, a case where the post‐independence diamond‐led economy has been considered an economic success story, despite its high levels of inequality. Here it is argued...
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We trace the development of human capital in today's Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali between 1770 and 1900. European … trade, slavery and early colonialism were linked to human capital formation, but this connection appears to have been … quickly than inner areas. This pattern was affected by French early colonialism and by the reaction of different West African …
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We trace the development of human capital in today's Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali between 1770 and 1900. European … trade, slavery and early colonialism were linked to human capital formation, but this connection appears to have been … quickly than inner areas. This pattern was affected by French early colonialism and by the reaction of different West African …
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