Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times
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- Cogneau, Denis & Moradi, Alexander, 2014. "Borders That Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo Since Colonial Times," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 74(03), pages 694-729, September.
- Cogneau, Denis & Moradi, Alexander, 2013. "Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times," African Economic History Working Paper 4/2012, African Economic History Network.
- Denis Cogneau & Moradi Alexander, 2014. "Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times," PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique" halshs-01109086, HAL.
- Denis Cogneau & Alexander Moradi, 2011. "Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times," Working Paper Series 2911, Department of Economics, University of Sussex.
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Keywords
Economic History; Africa; Colonization; Education;JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- P52 - Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-02-27 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2012-02-27 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2012-02-27 (Education)
- NEP-HIS-2012-02-27 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2012-02-27 (Labour Economics)
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