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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … trade on the 'sending' countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social …
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Rural class differentiation in Nigeria: Theory and practice - a quantitative approach in the case of Nupeland
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 14 (1979) 3, pp. 295-315
The knowledge of social stratification within the peasantry is a decisive precondition of sustainable economic and political measures for an effective support of agricultural production in least developed countries. This is one of the reasons why also in Nigeria social scientist focus on the...
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The Asian Drivers and Africa: Learning from Case Studies
Goldstein, Andrea E.; Pinaud, Nicolas; Reisen, Helmut; … - In: The World Economy 32 (2009) 11, pp. 1538-1542
then to promote African voices from various backgrounds to reflect Africa's heterogeneity. The introductory section … presents a summary of findings about the economic impact of the two Asian giants in SSA countries by Africa-based economists …
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Regional integration and growth spillovers: Is Africa an economic space?
Seck, Abdoulaye; Fall, Founty Alassane; Aidara, Khadidiatou - In: Journal of African Trade 7 (2020) 1/2, pp. 37-44
data approach to analyze the extent to which Africa and its major regional groupings have been able to generate shared …
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Slavery, racial inequality, and education
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Latin America up until the 19th century. However, the influence of slavery differs significantly across countries and …
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"The same contract that is suitable for your Excellency": Immigration and emulation in the adoption of sharecropping‐cum‐debt arrangements in Brazil (1835-80)
Witzel de Souza, Bruno Gabriel - In: The Economic History Review 77 (2023) 2, pp. 612-643
consolidation of non-captive labour markets in the early phases of the transition from slavery in the country, particularly in the …
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Insurance penetration and economic growth in Africa: Dynamic effects analysis using Bayesian TVP-VAR approach
Olayungbo, D. O.; Akinlo, A. E. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-19
are found for Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa. On the contrary, negative effects are found for Algeria, Nigeria …
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Are apprenticeships beneficial in sub-Saharan Africa?
Teal, Francis - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Apprenticeships are the most common form of non-academic training in sub-Saharan Africa. Most apprenticeships are …
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Migration and female genital mutilation
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
More than 100 million women and girls in the world have had their genitals cut for cultural, religious, or other non-medical reasons. Even though international organizations condemn female genital mutilation (FGM), or cutting, as a violation of human rights, and most nations have banned it, it...
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The long-term effects of development aid - Empirical studies in rural West Africa.
Kohnert, Dirk; Elwert, Georg; Bierschenk, Thomas - In: Economics, Biannual Journal of the Institute for … 47 (1993) 1, pp. 83-111
This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of …
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