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Colonial Origins of the Threefold Reality of Mozambique: fiscal capacity and labour systems

Alexopoulou, Kleoniki; Juif, Dacil - 2015

The question whether institutions in Africa were shaped by the metropolitan identity of the colonizer or by local conditions is lively debated in the African economic history literature. In this paper we contribute to this debate by revealing regional differences in tax capacity in the...

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Fiscal Capacity and State Formation in Francophone West Africa, 1850-2010

Andersson, Jens - 2015

economic and political factors of each country develop over time. The importance of the colonial heritage in the development of …

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From Coercion to Compensation: Institutional Responses to Labour Scarcity in the Central African Copperbelt

Juif, Dacil; Frankema, Ewout - 2016

There is a tight historical connection between endemic labour scarcity and the rise of coercive labour market institutions in former African colonies. This paper explores how mining companies in the Belgian Congo and Northern Rhodesia secured scarce supplies of African labour, by combining...

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The Development of Settler Agriculture in British Africa Revisited: Estimating the Role of Tenant Labour in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1920-1960

Green, Erik - 2016

In this paper I use primary and secondary sources to quantify the role of tenant labour on settler farms in colonial Africa, using Southern Rhodesia as a case in point. My findings show that the rise of wage labour did not mark the end of labour tenancy, as has been assumed in previous...

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African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development

Akyeampong, Emmanuel - 2017

indigenous model of economic development for a generation that was justifiably ambivalent about capitalism, but wary of being put …

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Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years

Andersson, Jens - 2018

negative consequences for public spending and development. However, this paper documents significant long-term fiscal … domestic taxes, and major shifts in development policy paradigms. This points to the value of studying African fiscal systems … mechanisms and dynamics that characterize the development process. …

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Serving God and Mammon: The 'Minerals-Railway Complex' and its Effects on Colonial Public Finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910

Gwaindepi, Abel - 2019

. The drive towards a national program of development inherent in self-governing colonies was overpowered when the …

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Up the River: International Slave Trades and the Transformations of Slavery in Africa

Whatley, Warren C. - 2021

the implications for literatures on long-term legacies in African development. …

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The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from a century of growth

Albers, Thilo N.; Jerven, Morten; Suesse, Marvin - 2020

Why do large differences in fiscal capacity exist between states in the Global South? We construct a comprehensive new dataset of tax and revenue collection for 46 African polities from 1900 to 2015. Descriptive analyses show that many polities in Africa have been characterized by strong growth...

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Privatization in Africa: What has happened? What is to be done?

Nellis, John - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

Sub-Saharan African states urgently need expanded and more dynamic private sectors, more efficient and effective infrastructure/utility provision, and increased investment from both domestic and foreign sources. Privatization is one way to address these problems. But African states have...

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