State reach and development in Africa since the 1960s: new data and analysis
Prominent arguments hold that African states’ geography limits state capacity, impedes public service provision, and slows economic development. To test this argument, I collect comprehensive panel data on a proxy of local state capacity, travel times to national and regional capitals. These are com...
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Cambridge University Press
2021
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