During the last half of the twentieth century, the total fertility rate in South Africa declined from 6 to nearly 3 children per woman, and the national government of South Africa established...
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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...
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In his lecture, Professor Hopkins shines his light on ideological, methodological and topical trends in African economic history over the past 50 years. The full lecture will appear in the journal Economic...
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Felix Meier zu Selhausen (University of Sussex) is a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow. His research project "Conversion out of Poverty?" explores the origins and long-term consequences of historical Christian missionary activities in...
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Marlous van Waijenburg is Assistant Professor of Economics and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on comparative and long-term analyses of African economic...
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Klas Rönnbäck is Associate Professor in Economic History at the Department of Economy and Society, University of Gothenburg. He has published research on African and Atlantic economic history in many different journals....
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Gerardo Serra is Presidential Fellow in Economic Cultures at the University of Manchester. His research interests include the political and economic history of colonial and postcolonial Ghana and Nigeria and the history...
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Belinda Archibong is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Barnard College. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions surrounding taxation and convict labor, and environment in inequality of access to public...
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Oliver Vanden Eynde is Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics. His research focuses on civil conflict, crime, economic development, and the role of the military and police in developing countries....
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Jan Pierskalla is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University. He is interested in the political economy of development, conflict, and state-building. Alexander De Juan is a...
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We are delighted to launch the AEHN’s new blog, Frontiers in African Economic History. The editorial team consists of Michiel de Haas, Kate Frederick (both Wageningen University) and Felix Meier zu Selhausen...
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