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The colonial struggle over polygamy : consequences for educational expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

Becker, Bastian - In: Economic history of developing regions 37 (2022) 1, pp. 27-49

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Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education

Mitch, David (ed.); Cappelli, Gabriele (ed.) - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019

: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen -- Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin … increasingly devoted more attention to global forces in shaping the institutions and fortunes of different world regions, the link … the field. The globalization of the world economy, starting in the nineteenth century, brought about important changes …

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License to educate : the role of national networks in colonial empires

Becker, Bastian; Schmitt, Carina - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 169 (2023), pp. 1-11

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Does History Matter? Colonial Education Investments in India

Chaudhary, Latika; Garg, Manuj - 2013

We study the role of colonial education investments on post-independence outcomes in India using district-level data for 148 districts of former British India. Controlling for observable differences in geographical endowments and income between districts, OLS estimates suggest large and positive...

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The Colonial Legacy of Education : Evidence from of Tunisia

Ben Salah, Mhamed; Chambru, Cédric; Fourati, Maleke - 2022

We study the effect of exposure to colonial public primary education on contemporary education outcomes in Tunisia. We assemble a new data set on the location of schools with the number of pupils by origin, along with population data during the French protectorate (1881–1956). We match those...

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The Institutional Evolution of the Educational System in India : A Journey Through its Colonial Past

Datar, Darshan - 2012

The institution of education is one of the pillars on which the evolution of society rest, the institution is a powerful tool for both the spread of knowledge as well as manipulation. Nowhere is this paradox highlighted more than in colonial states. The paradox of education being used to both...

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