African Growth Recurring: An Economic History Perspective on African Growth Episodes, 1690–2010

Jerven, Morten

doi:10.1080/20780389.2010.527685

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“…However, the first decade of the 21 st century saw a revival in growth performance. Taking a long view of African growth, it may be more accurate to see a picture of growth accelerations followed by growth reversals, with the former typically triggered by strong commodity prices, as in the recent growth spurt (Jerven 2010). Unfortunately, econometric analysis shows that while commodity price booms have raised income levels in the short run, their long run effect is to lower them somewhat (Collier and Goderis 2012).…”

Section: Post--colonial Sub--saharan Africamentioning

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Twentieth Century Growth

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O’Rourke

2014

Handbook of Economic Growth

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This paper surveys the experience of economic growth in the 20 th century with a focus on technological change at the frontier together with issues related to success and failure in catch-up growth. A detailed account of growth performance based on historical national accounts data is given and is accompanied by a review of growth accounting evidence on the sources of economic growth. The key features of our analysis of divergence in growth outcomes are an emphasis on the importance of 'directed' technical change, of institutional quality, and of geography. We provide brief case studies of the experience of individual countries to illustrate these points.

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Section: Post--colonial Sub--saharan Africamentioning

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Twentieth Century Growth

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O’Rourke

2014

Handbook of Economic Growth

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“…It is a well-known truism that economic growth in Africa is strongly and positively influenced by cross-border trade (Jerven, 2010). Since the mid-1990s, official statistics has shown a rise in GDP in most African economies.…”

Section: Did Sub-saharan Trade Statistics Mean Anything Then? Errors mentioning

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On the accuracy of trade and GDP statistics in Africa: Errors of commission and omission

Jerven

2014

JAT

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African trade statistics suffer from errors of commission and omission. A quarter-century ago, Alexander Yeats (1990) compared receipts of importers and exporters and concluded that the data could not be used to determine the magnitude, direction, or composition of trade. The only fact to be safely deduced from the evidence was that the statistics were plagued by widespread smuggling and/or underreporting. More than two decades later, despite improvement in external economic conditions, trade statistics continue to be lacking in quality.

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“…Why this has been the case has generated a substantial literature (see e.g. Acemoglu and Robinson, 2011;Bosker and Garretsen, 2012;Collier and Gunning, 1999;Gennaioli and Rainer, 2007;Jerven, 2010;McMillan and Harttgen, 2014).…”

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Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

Naudé

2016

Agrekon

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African Growth Recurring: An Economic History Perspective on African Growth Episodes, 1690–2010

Cited by 75 publications

References 64 publications

Twentieth Century Growth

Twentieth Century Growth

On the accuracy of trade and GDP statistics in Africa: Errors of commission and omission

Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

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