The International Labour Organisation was established in 1919 to address some of the biggest challenges affecting wage earners worldwide. The ILO introduced major conventions and recommendations targeted at improving the socio-economic conditions...
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While sub-Saharan Africa has a poor and erratic record of economic growth over the long 20th century, its sustained expansion of education is beyond dispute. Average educational attainment increased from 0.2 years...
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Several recent studies have argued that human capital formation among elites is crucial to economic development – for example, resulting in a system of trading cities and merchants who coordinated long-distance trade...
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As vaccines for Covid-19 become more readily available, the next challenge will be ensuring uptake of vaccines in developing countries. Despite numerous improvements in health technology and access, health interventions in developing...
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Colonizer Identity and Free Trade in Africa It has often been claimed that the structure of export trade between Africa and Europe during the colonial period depended on the colonizer's identity, with...
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Based on what we know about Uganda’s pre-colonial and colonial history (Reid 2017), how much inequality should we expect? Uganda’s economy was predicated on smallholder production of export crops – cotton and...
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The Persistent Influence of Chiefs Our focus on chiefs, as opposed to the formal state, is a notable departure from much of the current literature on the determinants of corruption. Even though...
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Research examining the origins and impact of colonial investments on African economic development is scarce, especially if we exclude the growing literature on the long-term educational, economic, and political effects of missionaries....
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Although it is undeniable that overall welfare was reduced because of colonialism, the evolution of some dimensions of welfare such as education, health or income has given rise to some debate. The...
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Scholars, opinion makers, and journalists hold polarizing views on Africa's development prospects. Likewise, professionals and global investors appear either bearish or bullish on Africa's economic potential. These diverging views stem from how...
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