Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/242632 
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Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
African Economic History Working Paper Series No. 3/2012
Publisher: 
African Economic History Network (AEHN), s.l.
Abstract: 
There has been a recent surge in research on long term African development. For this research agenda to be fruitful and its theories, it is crucial to have consistent estimates of economic change. This paper contributes with a new GDP time series for Ghana, 1891-1954. The series implies a sustained period of economic expansion from the late 19th century into the 1960s. This suggests a revision of some prevalent truths about the history of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper discusses the potential of creating historical national accounts for other African economies across the colonial and post-colonial period.
Subjects: 
Afriica
GDP
Gold Coast
Colonialism
JEL: 
N17
N27
N37
N47
N57
ISBN: 
978-91-980438-0-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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