Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorFedderke, Johannesen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorViegi, Nicolaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAgbor, Julius Agboren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-02T10:56:54Z
dc.date.available2015-11-02T10:56:54Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 133-141).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this dissertation is on colonisation and decolonisation as cornerstones in the development of sub-Saharan Africa's current institutions and how these historical institutions affect current economic growth outcomes. The dissertation consists of three main chapters besides the introductory and concluding chapters. The rst main chapter considers conditions of optimality in a co-optive strategy of colonial rule. It proposes a simple model of elite formation emanating from a coloniser's quest to maximise extracted rents from its colonies... In the second main chapter, I argue that the pattern of decolonisation in West Africa was a function of the nature of human capital transfers from the colonisers to the indigenous elites of the former colonies. Underpinning the nature of these human capital transfers is the colonial educational ideology... The third main chapter investigates the channels through which colonial origin affects economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It focuses on four key channels of transmission namely, human capital, trade openness, market distortion and selection bias.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAgbor, J. A. (2010). <i>Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14609en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAgbor, Julius Agbor. <i>"Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14609en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAgbor, J. 2010. Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Agbor, Julius Agbor AB - The focus of this dissertation is on colonisation and decolonisation as cornerstones in the development of sub-Saharan Africa's current institutions and how these historical institutions affect current economic growth outcomes. The dissertation consists of three main chapters besides the introductory and concluding chapters. The rst main chapter considers conditions of optimality in a co-optive strategy of colonial rule. It proposes a simple model of elite formation emanating from a coloniser's quest to maximise extracted rents from its colonies... In the second main chapter, I argue that the pattern of decolonisation in West Africa was a function of the nature of human capital transfers from the colonisers to the indigenous elites of the former colonies. Underpinning the nature of these human capital transfers is the colonial educational ideology... The third main chapter investigates the channels through which colonial origin affects economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It focuses on four key channels of transmission namely, human capital, trade openness, market distortion and selection bias. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa TI - Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14609 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14609
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAgbor JA. Essays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14609en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMultiple Equilibria, Governance technology, human capital, elite, productivityen_ZA
dc.titleEssays on the political economy of 20th century colonisation and decolonisation in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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