I just started my position as Chair of Africa and International Development at Edinburgh University, and my first trip out of town will suitably be to Cambridge, where my former thesis supervisor, Gareth Austin, recently have been appointed professor of Economic History. I am...
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Category: African Economic History
African Economic History Network Meetings
Just returned from the African Economic History Meetings in Network in Stellenbosch. You can see the full program here. A lot of high quality papers and lots of promising work in progress from PhD Students. The African Economic History discipline continues to buzz with...
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Book Launch: Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
On June 4 at 6 pm I will present my latest book at SOAS in London, UK. The title is Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong. In four chapters I deliver a critique of how mainstream macroeconomic literature has sought to explain economic growth...
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“Does economics have an Africa problem?” – A rejoinder
Does Economics have an Africa problem? Yes, says Griewe Chelwa in a post for the blog Africa is a Country. Chelwa points out that the most important conferences on African economic development routinely are organized outside of Africa. He also notes that this extends...
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Just Published: Measuring African Development: Past and Present
Very happy to the see Measuring African Development: Past and Present in print. You can read an open access of the introduction to the book here. The volume takes you through the very first household budget surveys and national account estimates during colonial rule...
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Measuring African Development: Past and Present – Special Issue
In 2013 the chief economist for the World Bank's Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development and declared “Africa's Statistical Tragedy”. Is there a “statistical tragedy” unfolding in Africa now?If so then examining the...
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News in African Economic History
The African Economic History Network, no rx founded in 2011, just published its 10th Bimonthly Newsletter - summarizing new research and opportunities in African Economic History. The first African Economic History Working paper sets out the aims and objectives of the network, and there...
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