Botswana – A Modern Economic History
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-73143-8 (ISBN)
Together with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness in the Botswana experience, several aspects of the country's opportunities and challenges are of a more general nature. Throughout its history, Botswana has been both blessed and hindered by its natural resource abundance and dependency, which have influenced growth periods, opportunities for economic diversification, strategies for sustainable economic and social development, and the distribution of incomes and opportunities.
Through a political economy framework, Hillbom and Bolt provide an updated understanding of an African success story, covering the period from the mid-19th century, when the Tswana groups settled, to the present day. Understanding the interaction over time between geography and factor endowments on the one hand, and the development of economic and political institutions on the other, offers principle lessons from Botswana's experience to other natural resource rich developing countries.
Ellen Hillbom is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on Southern and Eastern Africa and addresses both historical and contemporary cases of agricultural and structural transformation, long-term inequality trends, natural resource dependency, property rights regimes governing agricultural resources, and smallholder production and commercialization. Jutta Bolt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden and affiliated with the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on understanding long-term comparative economic development patterns, with a special focus on Africa. Current research projects include demographic developments, long-term agricultural productivity and the historical origins of present-day income inequality. In addition she works in the Maddison Project measuring long-run global economic development.
Part I.- Chapter 1: An African Diamond in the Rough.- Chapter 2: Pre-Colonial Economy and Society, c. 1850-1930.- Part II.- Chapter 3: Colonial Policies and the Cattle Economy, c. 1930-1975.- Part III.- Chapter 4: Growth, Incomes and Development, c. 1940-Present.- Chapter 5: Trapped by Diamonds, c. 1975-Present.- Chapter 6: Inequality of Incomes and Opportunity, c. 1920-Present.- Part IV.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.04.2018 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Studies in Economic History |
| Zusatzinfo | XV, 235 p. 22 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Schlagworte | African Economic Growth • African economic history • cattle economy • Colonial Economic Strategies • colonial policies • Drivers of Inequality • Economic diversification • Economic History of Botswana • Growth miracle • income inequality • natural resource curse • Pre-colonial Economy and Society • Sustainable Economic Development |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-73143-2 / 3319731432 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-73143-8 / 9783319731438 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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