"Rubber will not keep in this country": failed development in Benin, 1897-1921
Although Nigeria's Benin region was a major rubber producer in 1960, the industry faltered before 1921. I use labour scarcity and state capacity to explain why rubber did not take hold in this period. The government was unable to protect Benin's rubber forests from over-exploitation. Plant...
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University of Oxford
2012
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