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Economic Development in Pre-Independence Botswana, 1820-1966: Historical Trends, Contributing and Countervailing Factors
Hlavac, Marek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the trajectory of economic development in Botswana between the years 1820 and 1966, when it achieved independence. First, I review the historical trends in the country’s economic and social development indicators. I then proceed to analyze what factors have encouraged or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684900
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Education as a driver of income inequality in twentieth-century Africa
Van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli; Foldvari, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we address the issue of how education affected income inequality in twentieth-century Africa. Three … the long-run education does not affect income growth, indicating that in twentieth-century Africa it was inspiration (i … determining income inequality in Africa. Taking an example from the end of the twentieth century, if educational equality had been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112127
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Institutions in African history and development: A review essay
Fenske, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
they took the shapes they did before colonial rule, and why they matter to Africa today. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462331
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dangerous relations. Economics and.....history
Tattara, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
The article explores the problem of boudaries between economics and history. The richeness that derives by crossing the … boundaries is explained with examples from the history of contemporary Italy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107649
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The Transformation of Rural Labour Systems in Colonial and Post-Colonial Northern Nigeria
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1986
The study attempts to highlight the interrelation between three central points in the ongoing debate on the political economy of development: viability, surplus, and class-formation. A case study of the develop¬ment of rural labour systems in Northern Nigeria is meant to provide both a better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789919
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Does Economic Integration Affect Spatial Concentration of Industries? Theory and a Case Study for India
Saikia, Dilip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Notwithstanding there has been voluminous concern among the researchers and policymakers, the theoretical predictions and empirical evidences regarding the impact of economic integration on spatial concentration of industries are ambiguous. The paper critically reviews the theoretical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276372
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Recent trends in economic theory – implications for development geography
Reinert, Erik S.; Riiser, Vemund - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
modern economic theory, in the holistic Historical School of economics, both time (history) and place (geography) play a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259930
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Research Clusters and Technology Diffusion
Deng, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Much of the debate over income convergence hinges on whether technology diffusion is “global” or “local”. In this paper, I address this question in a developing country setting and focus on the role of major research clusters in promoting domestic technology diffusion. I identify four de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260792
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Productive Public Expenditure in a New Economic Geography Model
Commendatore, Pasquale; Kubin, Ingrid; Petraglia, Carmelo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We assess whether and how differences in productive public expenditure impacts on industrial location. Since productive public expenditure and taxation affect in opposite direction industrial location, it is not straightforward that following an increase in productive public expenditure in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260142
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The Spatial and Public Economics of Regions, a Theoretical and Empirical Survey
Candau, Fabien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The aim of this paper is to survey what has been done by the New Economic Geography (NEG) on a regional scale in order to answer the three following questions: what are the predictions of the NEG concerning the future of regions in the triad? Are these predictions robust? What can be the optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260176