Recent studies have highlighted the importance of Africa's history of slave exporting to its current economic … development. In this paper I show that differences in investment in education may be one of the channels through which that … history has affected current development. I combine data on literacy rates of administrative districts from the colonial …

whether democracy needs development for its own consolidation. We use a sample of all nine countries that re-democratised in … that income, or development in general, plays a positive role in "sustaining" democracy. Moreover, the exogenous version of … are not able to provide any concrete evidence in favour of it. Essentially, we suggest that a certain level of development …

countries, the host country’s level of development, and whether the event is held during the peak- or off-season. …

population aged 15 and above, reduces the likelihood of societal conflicts in Africa. It focuses on a sample of 31 African … Africa. This finding is robust to alternative model specifications and to alternative time frames of analysis. The evidence …

African, we identify the factors that drive African-inbound (arrivals to Africa from other continents) and within … variables not only drives global or OECD tourism, but also tourism within Africa, disproving the belief that African tourists …

The paper investigates the factors influencing the internationalisation of mining firms into Africa and the strategies …