hurting women’s labor supply and economic opportunities. This paper uses the rapid expansion of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa …. Effects are stronger in years of high world prices. Mining creates local boom-bust economies in Africa, with permanent effects …It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of …

mining activity in Peru, which grew almost twentyfold in the last two decades. The authors find evidence that producing … rate, and higher literacy. However, the positive impacts from mining decrease significantly with administrative and … producing province. The inequalizing impact of mining activity, both across and within districts, may explain part of the …

's economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … even in kinship structures in pre-colonial Africa, utilizing the concepts of "rights in persons" and "wealth in people …." Reviewing the processes of production and reproduction, it explains why most slaves in pre-colonial Africa were women and …

half-way to the level in South Africa is more important than a substantive cut in tariff barriers. As an example, improving … logistics in Ethiopia half-way to the level in South Africa would be roughly equivalent to a 7.5 percent cut in tariffs faced by …

-century India and Africa. Colonial institutions-the law, western style property rights, newspapers and statistical analysis … much of Asia and Africa, the most successful enhancement of people's capabilities has come through the action of hybrid …

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, and that …

In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the …