Between 1946 and 1976, the European powers granted independence to all of their large colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia. This paper attempts to provide an economic explanation for this remarkable
The data contain estimates of numeracy across regions of Western Sudan (Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali) between 1770 and 1900, as well as correlates linked to factor endowments, European trade and e
This is the replication package for: Marlous van Waijenburg, "Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor," The Journal of Economic History (March 2018)
The dataset contains data on the technological developments and changes, the mobility, ethnicity, shipping, army and trade in the Netherlands East Indies in the period...
