Colonial taxation and government spending in British Africa, 1880–1940: Maximizing revenue or minimizing effort?

By E. Frankema. 2011

147 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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In Demography

1. N. Johnson
2. Mark Koyama
3. E. Frankema
4. D. Stasavage
5. Kenneth F. Scheve

In Economics and Econometrics

1. N. Johnson
2. Mark Koyama
3. E. Frankema
4. Kenneth F. Scheve
5. D. Stasavage

In Political Science and International Relations

1. N. Johnson
2. Mark Koyama
3. E. Frankema

Citations in the corpus

• The origins of formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: was British rule more benign? (2012, background): “In 1925, 299 foreign Protestant missionaries were active in Madagascar, more than three times as many per head of the population as in the British Gold Coast (Beach and Fahs 1925).”
• States and economic growth: Capacity and constraints☆ (2017, methodology): “Frankema (2011), for example, characterizes the fiscal regime of British Africa as minimizing effort rather than maximizing revenue.”