Kolonialismens efterdyningar - En komparativ studie mellan Sierra Leone och Nigeria
(2024) STVA23 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This study aims to investigate how the former British colonies, Nigeria and Sierra Leone have developed after gaining independence and which factors have played the most significant role in their economic growth. The two countries have experienced different economic growth which justifies the purpose of the study. This will be conducted using a 'Most Similar Design System'. The goal of this method is to exclude certain potential explanatory factors shared by the countries and instead focus on factors where the countries differ. After collecting data and reviewing the current discourse, institutions and education have been selected as the independent variables in the model. The study found that Nigeria has more developed institutions and... (More)
- This study aims to investigate how the former British colonies, Nigeria and Sierra Leone have developed after gaining independence and which factors have played the most significant role in their economic growth. The two countries have experienced different economic growth which justifies the purpose of the study. This will be conducted using a 'Most Similar Design System'. The goal of this method is to exclude certain potential explanatory factors shared by the countries and instead focus on factors where the countries differ. After collecting data and reviewing the current discourse, institutions and education have been selected as the independent variables in the model. The study found that Nigeria has more developed institutions and successful investments in the education sector, which have contributed to relatively high economic growth. In contrast, Sierra Leone's corrupt leadership has hindered well-functioning institutions and development in the education sector, which have been major factors contributing to low economic development. (Less)
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- author
- Wursé Zachrisson, Linna-Klara LU and Tellström, Freja LU
- supervisor
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- Moira Nelson LU
- organization
- course
- STVA23 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Ekonomisk tillväxt, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, humankapital, institutioner, utbildning
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9153815
- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-01 11:39:46
- date last changed
- 2024-10-01 11:39:46
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