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Reigniting economic growth: Lessons from three centuries of data

We estimate that since 1701, South Africa has experienced 163 years...

Published: 1 March 2021

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The political economy of palm oil expansion and deforestation in Indonesia

This paper studies the interactions between political and economic ...

Published: 20 July 2020

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Late colonial antecedents of modern democracy

Some of the most contested questions in political science and polit...

Published: 3 July 2020

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The origin of extractive states in Africa: The case of the British Cape Colony, 1834-1909

The majority of African states continue to be regarded as extractiv...

Published: 16 May 2019

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The measurement of institutions and instability in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-2010

This paper introduces a new database for Property Rights, Political...

Published: 24 April 2018

Policy Brief

Evolution of institutions in Ghana and implications for economic growth

This report discusses the evolution of institutions and compares th...

Published: 8 September 2017

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Intergenerational mobility during industrial take-off

Using a novel dataset of genealogical records, we make the first at...

Published: 9 November 2016

Policy Brief

Why local context matters: de jure and de facto property rights in colonial South Africa

For economic transactions, including debt transactions, to occur in...

Published: 12 July 2016

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