Esclavagisme et colonisation: Quelles conséquences contemporaines en Afrique ? - Résumé critique des travaux de l'économiste Nathan Nunn

Slavery and colonization: What contemporary consequences in Africa? - Summary of critical work of economist Nathan Nunn

Oasis Kodila-Tedika

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Abstract: This article aims to highlight the first work of economist Nathan Nunn on slavery and colonization. Indeed, for the latter, these two historical facts, quantifiable consequences, have defined the path of economic development of African countries. Secondly, this paper discusses the findings of Nunn with the prism of literature ad hoc and do not miss to criticize. Cet article a pour objectif de mettre en évidence en premier lieu les travaux de l’économiste Nathan Nunn sur l’esclavagisme et la colonisation. En effet, pour celui-ci, ces deux faits historiques, aux conséquences quantifiables, ont défini la trajectoire du développement économique des pays africains. En second lieu, cet article discute les conclusions de Nunn avec le prisme de la littérature ad hoc et ne manque pas de les critiquer.

Keywords: institutions; esclavagisme; colonisation; Afrique; Nathan Nunn (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N17 O11 O43 O55 P14 P51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01-12
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Published in Revue Congolaise d’Economie 1.6(2011): pp. 41-61

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