TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bertocchi, Graziella
        TI  - Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
        PY  - 2011/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5856
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5856
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - state fragility
KW  - institutions
KW  - colonization
KW  - history
KW  - Africa
KW  - growth
KW  - slavery
        ER  -