In this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world context … negative effect on development in Africa. To develop this claim we distinguish between three sorts of colonies: (1) those which …

assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely …

This paper estimates a dynamic structural model of discrete R&D investment and quantifies its cost and long-run benefit … expected firm value generated by the R&D investment. It increases firm value by 6.7 percent for the median firm in high … innovation significantly raise investment rates and productivity while reductions in startup costs have little effect …

rates Africa would have enjoyed if these key determinants had taken OECD rather than African values. Expensive investment …The dismal growth performance of Africa is the worst economic tragedy of the XXth century. We document the evolution of …

negatively related to civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. In the reduced form regression they find that higher rainfall is … conflict in sub-Saharan Africa …

ethnic fragmentation as a main driver of political and social friction in Africa, the paper further details the construction …

population density appears to be considerably more important for banking sector development in Africa than elsewhere. To better …

explaining patterns of political centralization in Africa …

Agricultural productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been a qualified success. Total factor productivity growth … of TFP growth subsequent to independence in the early 1960s. Average agricultural TFP growth for sub-Saharan Africa was 0 …