conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

, demography and institutions). Thus, at all stages of development, forcing economic production to spread evenly across areas is … that the best policy responses vary across African countries (depending on their levels of development, endowments … both elusive and expensive. Policy makers should therefore identify and execute strategies that balance development …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … we document a positive cross-sectional association between national institutions and regional economic development … regional development. The positive within country effect of pre-colonial institutions also obtains in regions of partitioned …

-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … groups in different countries subjecting identical cultures to different country-level institutions. Our regression …-colonial ethnic institutional traits and contemporary regional development. While this correlation does not necessarily identify a …

We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development … association between pre-colonial ethnic political centralization and regional development. This pattern is not driven by … positive association between pre-colonial political complexity and contemporary development also holds within pairs of adjacent …

We examine the link between pre-colonial statehood and contemporary regional African development, as reflected in …-country analysis reveals a strong positive correlation between pre-colonial political centralization and contemporary development (and …

shaping African development. First, using recent surveys from Sub-Saharan African countries, we document that individuals … a strong association between pre-colonial centralization and contemporary comparative development both across and within … countries. We also document that the strong link between pre-colonial political centralization and regional development -as …