Tubers and its Role in Historic Political Fragmentation in Africa
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Keywords
Political Fragmentation; Agriculture; Social Norms; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- N47 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Africa; Oceania
- N57 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Africa; Oceania
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2022-06-27 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2022-06-27 (Development)
- NEP-EVO-2022-06-27 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2022-06-27 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2022-06-27 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-SOC-2022-06-27 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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