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Rural Capitalists and the Uneven Paths of Development in Colonial Africa

Aboagye, Prince Young LU ; Hillbom, Ellen LU orcid and Klocke, Sascha LU (2026)
Abstract
Who benefited from agricultural commercialization in colonial Africa? Using social tables for three African economies, we identify a small group of rural capitalists who captured disproportionate gains. We demonstrate how their strategies of accumulation varied across contexts and shaped divergent and often unequal development trajectories.
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