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Africa's Growth Tragedy : Policies and Ethnic Divisions

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  • Easterly, W
  • Levine, R

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Ethnic divisions explain a significatn part of Africa's slow growth and Africa's choice of growth-reducing policies. Africa's poor growth is associated with Africa's low schooling, political instability, underdeveloped financial systems, distorted foreign exchange markets, high government deficits, insufficient infrastructure, and poor institutions.

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Paper provided by Harvard - Institute for International Development in its series Papers with number 536.

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Length: 33 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:fth:harvid:536

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Keywords: AFRICA ; ECONOMIC GROWTH;

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