Economic historians have long supposed that Africa’s historically low population density shaped its development. Rulers struggled to exercise control over scattered populations, the theory goes. Malfunctioning states inhibited growth because property rights were insecure and infrastructure was worse. But why … Continue reading (Economist) How an insect (the tsetse fly) held back a continent
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(Economist) How an insect (the tsetse fly) held back a continent
Economic historians have long supposed that Africa’s historically low population density shaped its development. Rulers struggled to exercise control over scattered populations, the theory goes. Malfunctioning states inhibited growth because property rights were insecure and infrastructure was worse. But why … Continue reading (Economist) How an insect (the tsetse fly) held back a continent