State History and State Fragility: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
history; institutions; fragility; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- P5 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2020-01-20 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2020-01-20 (Development)
- NEP-EVO-2020-01-20 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2020-01-20 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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