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Title: | The exogenous effect of geography on economic development: the case of sub-Saharan Africa |
Authors: | Tang, Min Woods, Dwayne |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | African and Asian Studies |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 2-3 |
Pages: | 173-189 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
Subjects: | physical geography economic development |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1163/156921008X318727 |
Abstract: | This article examines the relevance of geography (a physical environment that encompasses latitude, flora and fauna, and climate) in the economic development and underdevelopment of sub-Saharan African countries. Geography and climate are conceptualized as exogenous factors determining a country's overall economic welfare. By employing the newly compiled G-econ dataset with a better measurement of geography, the authors find that, even controlling for institutional and social factors, geography plays a substantial role in explaining some aspects of Africa's poverty. This finding indicates there is a need to partly reformulate the policy prescriptions for African economic development that are based heavily on institutionalist explanations of bad governance and corruption. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |