Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885-2008

Estimates of GDP per capita are provided on an annual basis for eight Sub-Saharan African economies for the period since 1885. Although the growth experienced in most of SSA since the mid-1990s has had historical precedents, there have also been episodes of negative growth or "shrinking",...

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Main Authors: Broadberry, S, Gardner, L
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2019