Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough by Hillbom, Ellen

Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319731438)

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Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough by Hillbom, Ellen

Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough

$139.99
Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough by Hillbom, Ellen

Botswana - A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough

$139.99
Format: Hardcover
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Highlights lessons from Botswana's economic history that are relevant for understanding historical as well as contemporary experiences of economic growth and (lacking) structural transformation in natural resource abundant and dependent countries
Provides an in-depth study identifying drivers of inequality taking place during the diamond-led economy
Considers consequences of colonial economic strategies including taxes and government transfers
Discusses what could happen when the diamonds run out and the window of opportunity has not been used to create sustainable economic development


Author: Ellen Hillbom, Jutta Bolt
ISBN-10: 3319731432
ISBN-13: 9783319731438
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2018
Pages: 235
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d
By Ellen Hillbom
By Ellen Hillbom
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Ellen Hillbom is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on Southern and Eastern Africa and addresses both historical and contemporary cases of agricultural and structural transformation, long-term inequality trends, natural resource dependency, property rights regimes governing agricultural resources, and smallholder production and commercialization.

Jutta Bolt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden and affiliated with the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on understanding long-term comparative economic development patterns, with a special focus on Africa. Current research projects include demographic developments, long-term agricultural productivity and the historical origins of present-day income inequality. In addition she works in the Maddison Project measuring long-run global economic development.

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