African states and development in historical perspective: Colonial public finances in British and French West
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- Denis Cogneau & Yannick Dupraz & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, 2018. "African states and development in historical perspective: Colonial public finances in British and French West," Working Papers halshs-01820209, HAL.
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state building; colonization; Public finances; West Africa;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-07-09 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2018-07-09 (Development)
- NEP-HIS-2018-07-09 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-KNM-2018-07-09 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
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