In this stimulating book, Morten Jerven questions the historical focus of development
economics as applied to Africa and calls for greater emphasis on the individual experiences …

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.| Series: Intersections:
colonial and postcolonial histories; 13| Includes bibliographical references and index …

This article combines the traditional learning model with recent theory of economic growth
using Maddison's long-run real GDP per capita data. We first discuss the performance of …

In this comprehensive book, Yujiro Hayami addresses the big economic question of the past
two centuries—why some countries have become wealthy while others remain poor …

This paper discusses the economic consequences of independence in Latin America. Grand
interpretations that assess Nineteenth Century Latin America by comparison to the US …

This paper discusses methodological differences between universalism and particularism in
development economics by focusing on the 'East Asian Miracle'debate. It proposes to build …

If appropriate policies, rather than initial economic conditions, have produced successful
development, why are appropriate policies not more widely adopted by developing country …

Abstract Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions
today are correlated with expected mortality of European colonialists. David Albouy argues …

“An administering power... is not entitled to extract for centuries all that can be got out of a
colony and when that has been done to relieve itself of its obligations by the conferment of a …

Abstract Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) established that economic institutions
today are correlated with what was expected mortality for Europeans if they moved to …