Highlights from our session, The Scramble for Africa, featuring Professor Stelios Michalopoulos. Watch the full video, with Jeffrey Herbst and Tanaka Chiimba here:    • W5 S1 The Scramble for Africa | Afric...  

This video is part of our African History through the Lens of Economics lecture series - an open-access, interdisciplinary lecture series to study the impact of Africa's history on contemporary development by the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development.

00:00 On Optimal State Size – An Economist’s Perspective
02:15 Empirical Works on the Role of Borders
04:23 Examining the Long-run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
06:36 Partitioning of Tribal Areas – Binary Classification
07:44 Timeline of the Development Determinants
08:37 Channels of Influence
10:48 Conflict Database
13:47 Intervention from Neighbouring Countries

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