Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi ()

No 8486, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa?s peculiar history, which has been marked by its colonization experience. Next I discuss the potential growth impact of state fragility, a concept which reflects multiple facets of the dysfunctions that plague the continent. The last topic I address is the influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further research.

Keywords: Africa; Colonization; Growth; History; Institutions; Slavery; State fragility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 N17 O43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-dev, nep-fdg and nep-his
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