An African Success Story: Botswana

Daron Acemoglu2              Simon Johnson3              James A. Robinson4 Abstract: Botswana has…


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‘Why Nations Fail,’ by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

Reviewed by Warren Bass. Bass is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and a former…


Is it time for African nation-states to invite foreign intervention in the campaign against terrorism? The case of Boko Haram

As extreme militant Islamists, inspired by ‘Salifist jihadism’ and nurtured by domestic…


African Economic Renaissance: The Role of Social Institutions

The months of March, and May, 2014 were particularly exciting for economists, policy makers and…


Horror as Boko Haram Abducts over 185 Children, Women

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Infrastructure and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

César Calderón* Luis Servén*   The World Bank   JEL Classification: H54, O40, D31, O55 Keywords:…


The Dutch Disease Syndrome and Choice of Governance: The Nigerian Experience.

John O. Ifediora. If country-specific data, and the statistical analysis based on them are good…


The Great Escape - Health, Wealth, and the Orgins of Inequality

Reviewed by Professor Uwe Reindhart, Princeton. The causes and economic effects of inequality in…


Bad Samaritans by Ha-Joon Chang

By Antoine Cerisier. Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist currently teaching at Cambridge…