, extortion and evasion / Jean Hindriks, Michael Keen, and Abhinay Muthoo -- pt. 4. Corruption, income distribution, and poverty … and poverty? / Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi, and Rosa Alonso-Terme -- pt. 5. Corruption and transition economies …

We investigate the historical roots of poverty, with particular reference to the experience of Africa during the 20th … thesis, using mortality rates as a proxy for poverty levels, with reference to two settler colonies – Zimbabwe and Kenya … human and infrastructural capital which were strongly biased against smallholder agriculture and thence against poverty …