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Founded in 2011, the network is an initiative intended to foster communication, collaboration and research as well as teaching amongst scholars studying the economic history of sub-Saharan Africa, from the pre-colonial to the post-colonial era. The network publishes working papers in African Economic History and a newsletter. The network is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden.

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Blog: Frontiers in African Economic History


Africa’s Clientelist Budget Policies Revisited: Public Expenditure and Employment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 1960–2010

Posted on 26 February 2019

One of the proximate causes of Africa’s poor growth performance – so the argument goes – is a government budget that favours patronage over growth-enhancing investments. African governments are thought to be particularly prone to excessive spending on staffing, as...
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