Colonial Experience and Postcolonial Underdevelopment in Africa

Nobuhiro Mizuno and Ryosuke Okazawa (okazawa@omu.ac.jp)

No 672, KIER Working Papers from Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: IIn this paper, we analyze the connection between the history of colonial rule and postcolonial development in Africa. We focus on the fact that many African colonies were governed by indirect rule. Under indirect rule, indigenous people are divided into two groups: a privileged ruling group and an unprivileged ruled group. Our model assumes that the ruled group cannot observe how their deprived resources are divided between the metropolitan ruler and the ruling group. In this economy, a large level of exploitation by the metropolitan ruler yields distrust among indigenous groups and creates a negative effect on postcolonial economic and political development.

Keywords: Africa; colonialism; indirect rule; colonial legacies; ethnic conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 N47 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23pages
Date: 2009-04
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