Africa's roads make the rich richer

Steven Poelhekke interviewed by Tim Phillips, 27 November 2020

Africa's roads were originally built so that colonial powers could extract its natural wealth. What has happened since then? Steven Poelhekke of the University of Auckland examines the maps with Tim Phillips.

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Topics:  Development Economic history

Tags:  Africa, colonialism, economic geography

Steven Poelhekke

Professor of Economics, University of Auckland; CEPR Research Fellow

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