The Wealth and Poverty of African States: Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation Since the Late Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781108424592 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Morten Jerven

Opis

A new account of economic performance and state development in African countries across the long twentieth century.

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Overview of the book; 1. A new economic history for Africa?; 2. Seeing like an African state in the twentieth century; 3. New data and new perspectives on economic growth in Africa; 4. State capacity across the twentieth century: evidence from taxation with Thilo Albers and Marvin Suesse; 5. Wages and poverty: from roots of poverty to trajectories of living standards; 6. Conclusion; List of references; Endnotes; Index.