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OverviewTogether with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness in the Botswana experience, several aspects of the country’s opportunities and challenges are of a more general nature. Throughout its history, Botswana has been both blessed and hindered by its natural resource abundance and dependency, which have influenced growth periods, opportunities for economic diversification, strategies for sustainable economic and social development, and the distribution of incomes and opportunities. Through a political economy framework, Hillbom and Bolt provide an updated understanding of an African success story, covering the period from the mid-19th century, when the Tswana groups settled, to the present day. Understanding the interaction over time between geography and factor endowments on the one hand, and the development of economic and political institutions on the other, offers principle lessons from Botswana’s experience to other natural resource rich developing countries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ellen Hillbom , Jutta BoltPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030103231ISBN 10: 3030103234 Pages: 235 Publication Date: 26 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I.- Chapter 1: An African Diamond in the Rough.- Chapter 2: Pre-Colonial Economy and Society, c. 1850-1930.- Part II.- Chapter 3: Colonial Policies and the Cattle Economy, c. 1930-1975.- Part III.- Chapter 4: Growth, Incomes and Development, c. 1940-Present.- Chapter 5: Trapped by Diamonds, c. 1975-Present.- Chapter 6: Inequality of Incomes and Opportunity, c. 1920-Present.- Part IV.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationEllen Hillbom is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on Southern and Eastern Africa and addresses both historical and contemporary cases of agricultural and structural transformation, long-term inequality trends, natural resource dependency, property rights regimes governing agricultural resources, and smallholder production and commercialization. Jutta Bolt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden and affiliated with the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on understanding long-term comparative economic development patterns, with a special focus on Africa. Current research projects include demographic developments, long-term agricultural productivity and the historical origins of present-day income inequality. In addition she works in the Maddison Project measuring long-run global economic development. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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