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2026

Anna Barbeta-Margarit & Seema Jayachandran & Suanna Oh, 2026, "Using Life Satisfaction Data to Measure Parents' Child Gender Preferences," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12463.
Geng Niu & Yi Wang & Bohui Zhang & Yang Zhou, 2026, "Historical Slave Trade and Corporate Tax Evasion in Africa," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, volume 203, issue 3, pages 575-591, January, DOI: 10.1007/s10551-025-06036-3.
Belinda Archibong & Chinemelu Okafor & Evans S. Osabuohien & Tom Moerenhout, 2026, "Protest Matters: The Effects of Protests on Economic Redistribution," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34787, Feb.

2025

Eleonora Guarnieri, 2025, "Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 115, issue 4, pages 1338-1368, April, DOI: 10.1257/aer.20231087.
Riga Qi, 2025, "Destroy and Build? Economic Effects of Centres de Regroupement in the Algerian War," CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague, number wp806, Dec.
Dhammika Dharmapala & Marvin Suesse, 2025, "Decolonization, Legitimacy and Fiscal Capacity: Event Study Evidence from Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12059.
Sestito, Matteo, 2025, "Identity conflict, ethnocentrism and social cohesion," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 174, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103426.
Adegboyo, Olufemi Samuel & Yang, Ling & Ndayambaje, Jean de Dieu & Gakuru, Elias, 2025, "The impact of climate change on conflict: Does financial development matter?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, volume 86, issue C, pages 1261-1284, DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.04.015.
Ndiaye, Abdou Salam, 2025, "Does access to credit promote the use of modern energy services? Evidence from rural Nigeria," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 148, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108666.
Kazibwe, Douglas, 2025, "Violent Conflicts and Education: The LRA Insurgency in Northern Uganda Revisited," World Development, Elsevier, volume 186, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106822.
Léon, Florian, 2025, "Blended Binds: How DFI's support programs stifle bank lending in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, volume 191, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106998.
Salah, Mhamed Ben & Saxena, Kritika, 2025, "Violent conflicts and learning outcomes: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, volume 194, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107054.
Paul Castañeda Dower & Gunes Gokmen & Michel Le Breton & Shlomo Weber, 2025, "Did the Cold War Produce Development Clusters in Africa?," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-05361152, Nov.
Giorgio Chiovelli & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2025, "Landmines and Spatial Development," Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo., number 2506.
Siwan Anderson & Sophia du Plessis & Sahar Parsa & James A. Robinson, 2025, "The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 33838, May.
Soeren J. Henn & James A. Robinson, 2025, "Africa as a Success Story: Political Organization in Pre-Colonial Africa," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34546, Dec.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2025, "Le déficit de gouvernance en Afrique : Comment les sociétés réagissent face aux défaillances de l'État
[The African Governance Gap: How Societies Cope When the State Falters]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 126165, Sep.
Giorgio Chiovelli & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2025, "Landmines and Spatial Development," Econometrica, Econometric Society, volume 93, issue 5, pages 1739-1778, September, DOI: 10.3982/ECTA17951.

2021

Lisa D. Cook & Linguère Mously Mbaye & Janet Gerson & Anthony Simpasa, 2021, "Working Paper 358 - The Colonial Origins of Banking Crisis in Africa," Working Paper Series, African Development Bank, number 2484, Oct.
Sara Lowes & Eduardo Montero, 2021, "The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 111, issue 4, pages 1284-1314, April, DOI: 10.1257/aer.20180284.
Edwyna Harris & Sumner La Croix, 2021, "Australia’s Forgotten Copper Mining Boom: Understanding How South Australia Avoided Dutch Disease, 1843–1850," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, volume 97, issue 318, pages 424-439, September, DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12607.
Weber, Shlomo & Castaneda Dower, Paul & Gokmen, Gunes & Le Breton, Michel, 2021, "Did the Cold War Produce Development Clusters in Africa?," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, number 15810, Feb.
Okoye, Dozie, 2021, "Things fall apart? Missions, institutions, and interpersonal trust," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 148, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102568.
Zhang, Yu & Xu, Zhicheng Phil & Kibriya, Shahriar, 2021, "The long-term effects of the slave trade on political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 49, issue 3, pages 776-800, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2021.02.004.
Harris, Edwyna & La Croix, Sumner, 2021, "Understanding the gains to capitalists from colonization: Lessons from Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Karl Marx and Edward Gibbon Wakefield," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 187, issue C, pages 348-359, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.04.030.
Micevska, Maja, 2021, "Revisiting forced migration: A machine learning perspective," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 70, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102044.
Feingold, Ellen & Fourie, Johan & Gardner, Leigh, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: the material history money in South Africa," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 108574, Jan.
Feingold, Ellen & Fourie, Johan & Gardner, Leigh, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: the material history of money in South Africa," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 110367.
Feingold, Ellen & Fourie, Johan & Gardner, Leigh, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: the material history money in South Africa," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 108574, Jan.
Whatley, Warren C., 2021, "Up the River: International Slave Trades and the Transformations of Slavery in Africa," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 51/2019, Jan, DOI: https://www.aehnetwork.org/wp-conte.
Castaneda Dower, Paul & Gokmen, Gunes & Le Breton, Michel & Weber, Shlomo, 2021, "Did the Cold War Produce Development Clusters in Africa?," Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics, number 2021:10, Jun.
Olajumoke Ayandele, 2021, "Non-military actors as a regional strategy in the Lake Chad region," West African Papers, OECD Publishing, number 30, Apr, DOI: 10.1787/30204d8f-en.
Matthew Pflaum, 2021, "Pastoralist violence in North and West Africa," West African Papers, OECD Publishing, number 31, Jul, DOI: 10.1787/63dff519-en.
Matthew Pflaum, 2021, "Pastoralisme et violence en Afrique du Nord et de l'Ouest," Notes ouest-africaines, OECD Publishing, number 31, Jul, DOI: 10.1787/a75a5076-fr.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "Togo 2020: Domestic politics, foreign affairs, socio-economic development," AfricArxiv, Center for Open Science, number c4erq, Jan, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/c4erq.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "The EU-Africa summit 2021 : Quo vadis, in the light of Brexit and Corona," AfricArxiv, Center for Open Science, number wqxd6, Feb, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/wqxd6.
Sara Lowes & Eduardo Montero, 2021, "Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, volume 136, issue 4, pages 2047-2091.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "The EU-Africa summit 2021 : Quo vadis, in the light of Brexit and Corona," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 106283, Feb.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "Le Sommet UE-Afrique 2021 : Quo vadis, compte tenu du Brexit et de la Covid-19
[The EU-Africa summit 2021 : Quo vadis, in the light of Brexit and Corona]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 106318, Feb.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "Dunkle Wolken über dem EU-Afrika Gipfel 2021 angesichts von Brexit und Corona
[The EU-Africa summit 2021 : Quo vadis, in the light of Brexit and Corona]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 106396, Mar.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "The EU-Africa summit 2021 : Quo vadis, in the light of Brexit and Corona," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 106429, Mar.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "L'impact du Brexit sur l'Afrique en période de crise Corona: le cas de l'Afrique du Sud, du Nigeria, du Ghana et du Kenya
[The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis : The case of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 107746, May.
Ellen Feingold & Johan Fourie & Leigh Gardner, 2021, "A tale of paper and gold: The material history of money in South Africa," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 36, issue 2, pages 264-281, May, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1926232.
Le Breton, Michel & Weber, Shlomo & Castañeda Dower, Paul & Gokmen, Gunes, 2021, "Did the Cold War Produce Development Clusters in Africa?," TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), number 21-1228, Jun, revised 07 Jan 2022.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2021, "Togo 2020: Domestic politics, foreign affairs, socio-economic development," EconStor Open Access Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, "Africa Yearbook Volume 17: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020".

2020

Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2020, "Historical Legacies and African Development," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, volume 58, issue 1, pages 53-128, March, DOI: 10.1257/jel.20181447.
Barbora Janubová, 2020, "Development Of Diplomatic Relations And Economic Cooperation Between Brazil And Sub-Saharan Countries," Almanach (Actual Issues in World Economics and Politics), Ekonomická univerzita, Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov, volume 15, issue 2, pages 16-26.
Mamadou Saliou Barry & Anna Creti, 2020, "Pay-as-you-go contracts for electricity access: bridging the Â« last mile Â» gap? A case study in Benin," Working Papers, Chaire Economie du climat, number 2006.
Rueda, Valeria & Pengl, Yannick & Roessler, Philip, 2020, "Cash Crops, Print Technologies and the Politicization of Ethnicity in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, number 15162, Aug.
Thoenig, Mathias & Eberle, Ulrich J. & Rohner, Dominic, 2020, "Heat and Hate: Climate Security and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, number 15542, Dec.
Haroon Bhorat & Morné Oosthuizen & Ben Stanwix, 2020, "Social Assistance Amidst the Covid-19 Epidemic in South Africa: An Impact Assessment," Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit, number 202006, Jul.
Bonnier, Evelina & Poulsen, Jonas & Rogall, Thorsten & Stryjan, Miri, 2020, "Preparing for genocide: Quasi-experimental evidence from Rwanda," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 147, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102533.
Barry, Mamadou Saliou & Creti, Anna, 2020, "Pay-as-you-go contracts for electricity access: Bridging the “last mile” gap? A case study in Benin," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 90, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104843.
Edwyna Harris & Sumner La Croix, 2020, "Did Speculation in Land Pay Off for British Investors? Buying and Selecting Land in South Australia, 1835-1850," Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics, number 202010, Apr.
Edwyna Harris & Sumner La Croix, 2020, "Australia’s Forgotten Copper Mining Boom: Understanding How South Australia Avoided Dutch Disease, 1843-1850," Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics, number 202012, Jun.
Edwyna Harris & Sumner La Croix, 2020, "Understanding the Gains to Capitalists from Colonization: Lessons from Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Karl Marx and Edward Gibbon Wakefield," Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics, number 202023, Sep.
Albers, Thilo N. & Jerven, Morten & Suesse, Marvin, 2020, "The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from a century of growth," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 55/2019, Apr, DOI: https://www.aehnetwork.org/wp-conte.
Martins, Igor, 2020, "Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony," African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network, number 57/2021, Sep, DOI: https://www.aehnetwork.org/wp-conte.
Sara Lowes & Eduardo Montero, 2020, "Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 27893, Oct.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "Togo – 2019 : Domestic politics, foreign affairs, socio-economic development," AfricArxiv, Center for Open Science, number 2z5cn, Feb, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2z5cn.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "L'impact du Brexit sur l'Afrique en période de crise Corona : le cas de l'Afrique du Sud, du Nigeria, du Ghana et du Kenya," AfricArxiv, Center for Open Science, number qtmc3, Aug, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/qtmc3.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 101202, Jun.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 101240, Jun, revised 19 Jun 2020.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 101351, Jun, revised 25 Jun 2020.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 107700, Jun, revised 19 Jun 2020.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 107745, Jun, revised 14 May 2021.
Ulrich J. Eberle & Dominic Rohner & Mathias Thoenig, 2020, "Heat and Hate, Climate Security and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Africa," Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) Working Papers, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, number 22, Dec.
Dirk Kohnert, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on francophone Africa," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 46, issue 162, pages 673-685, July, DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2019.1696292.
Tefera Mamo G. & Odhiambo Nicholas M., 2020, "The Dynamics of Foreign Aid Trends and Patterns Among Low- Income Countries in Africa," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, volume 20, issue 2, pages 403-422, December, DOI: 10.2478/foli-2020-0056.
Odusanya Ibrahim Abidemi & Akinlo Anthony Enisan, 2020, "Growth effect of income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the transmission channels," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, volume 56, issue 2, pages 176-190, June, DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2020-0012.
Odusanya Ibrahim Abidemi & Akinlo Anthony Enisan, 2020, "Growth effect of income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the transmission channels," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, volume 56, issue 2, pages 176-190, June, DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2020-0012.
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "Togo – 2019: Domestic politics, foreign affairs, socio-economic development," EconStor Open Access Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, "Africa Yearbook Volume 16: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2019".
Kohnert, Dirk, 2020, "The impact of Brexit on Africa in times of the Corona Crisis," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 219335.

2019

Bolt, Jutta & Gardner, Leigh, 2019, "African institutions under colonial rule," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, number 14198, Dec.
Mario A. Maggioni & Sara Balestri, 2019, "My neighbourâ€™s war: Spatial dependence of conflict incidence in West Africa," DISEIS - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo (DISEIS), number dis1903.
Boxell, Levi, 2019, "Droughts, conflict, and the African slave trade," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 47, issue 4, pages 774-791, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2019.06.002.
Mattia Frapporti, 2019, "The European Logistics Space: On Jean Monnet and the Integration of Europe," Notas Económicas, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, issue 49, pages 35-46, Dezembro, DOI: 10.14195/2183-203X_49_3.
Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2019, "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960--2015," Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy, number 2019-9, Sep.

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