The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic …

Africa’s interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … investigate the political determinants of road paving in West Africa across the 1965-2012 period. Controlling for geography and … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa’s interior …

institutions at the local level in Africa …

countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom …-bust patterns in Southern Africa and insignificant responses in Central and West Africa. Firm-level customs data reveal that even in … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …

China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that … analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in Africa. Aid by both the WB and China does not increase outright …

Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub …

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …

analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in Africa. Aid by both the World Bank and China does not increase …China’s development model challenges the approaches of traditional, Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that …, while World Bank projects strengthen democratic values …