Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities : Studying Development Across the Americas

Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities : Studying Development Across the Americas

Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. This paper argues that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in different economic activities in different regions of a country, dep...

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Main Authors: Bruhn, Miriam, Gallego, Francisco A.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGRICULTURE
BENCHMARKS
CALCULATIONS
CASH CROPS
CENSUS
CENTRAL AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICAN
CENTRAL BANK
CHECKS
CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMODITIES
CONTACT POPULATION
CONTRIBUTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DISCRIMINATION
DUAL ECONOMY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EQUAL ACCESS
ETHNIC GROUPS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF POPULATION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
LABOR FORCE
LABOR SUPPLY
LAND TENURE
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
MALARIA
MORTALITY
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIVE POPULATION
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
ORGANIZATIONAL FORM
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL POWER
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
PROBABILITY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROGRESS
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
RESPECT
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIETAL NORMS
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIONS
VALUABLE
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9496791/good-bad-ugly-colonial-activities-studying-development-across-americas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6661

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9496791/good-bad-ugly-colonial-activities-studying-development-across-americas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6661

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