An African Success Story: Botswana

By Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson. 2001

702 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies

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In Anthropology

1. Ha-Joon Chang
2. Andreas Kotsadam
3. G. Austin
4. Philippe Le Billon
5. F. van der ploeg
6. Amy R Poteete
7. Atsushi Iimi
8. James Fenske

In Sociology and Political Science

1. F. van der ploeg
2. Atsushi Iimi
3. E. Papyrakis
4. Andreas Kotsadam
5. Reyer Gerlagh
6. M. Moore
7. A. Rosser
8. Erwin H. Bulte

In Urban Studies

1. Ha-Joon Chang
2. G. Austin
3. Philippe Le Billon
4. F. van der ploeg
5. Atsushi Iimi

Citations in the corpus

• Institutions and economic development: theory, policy and history (2010, background): “…with strong grass-roots influence, is supposed to have made its post-colonial leaders to create an inclusive property rights system, which has allowed the country to avoid the likely ‘resource curse’ (it has a lot of diamonds) and achieve successful economic development (Acemoglu et al. , 2003).”
• Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing? (2011, background): “…of cross-country variations in income per capita than geography, trade, or economic policies (Douglass C. North 1990; Hall and Jones 1999; Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson 2001, 2003; Acemoglu et al. 2003; Dani Rodrik, Subramanian, and Francesco Trebbi 2004; William Easterly and Ross…”
• Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse? (2006, background): “As to how Botswana has been successful in developing a solid institutional structure, see Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2002).”
• The political economy of the resource curse : a literature survey (2006, background): “In some cases, of course, class is a significant feature of social structures in resource abundant countries because of historical processes that precede natural resource domination of the economy (Rosser 2004; Acemoglu et al. 2003).”
• Resource curse: An analysis of causes, experiences and possible ways forward (2007, background): “The Botswana case may also be qualified.”
• An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa (2006, background): “A small number of countries, such as Botswana, avoided the worst of these pitfalls (Acemoglu et al, 2003; Lewis, 1993), in part thanks to unusual leadership.”