The impact of precolonial political centralisation on local development: Ghana’s paradox

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI:10.1080/13600818.2022.2115474

Mohammed Iddrisu Kambala

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Abstract

ABSTRACT I investigate the impact of precolonial political centralisation (PPC) on local development in Ghana. Accounting for the potential endogeneity associated with the emergence of political centralisation, I find that PPC has a strong negative impact on local development. Further, PPC does not significantly correlate with the provision of local public goods. These results are robust to a battery of sensitivity checks and a wealth of controls at a fine unit. Two mechanisms plausibly explain these findings. First, I show that past colonial public investments, which still significantly determine contemporary development outcomes in Ghana, disfavoured politically centralised regions. Second, I argue that in centralised areas colonial rule might have empowered despotic local patrons who served the interest of the colonial state at the expense of local development.

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前殖民时期政治集中化对地方发展的影响:加纳的悖论

摘要：我调查了殖民前政治集权对加纳地方发展的影响。考虑到与政治集权的出现相关的潜在内生性，我发现PPC对地方发展有着强烈的负面影响。此外，PPC与当地公共产品的提供没有显著的相关性。这些结果对于一组灵敏度检查和精细单元的大量控制来说是稳健的。两种机制似乎可以解释这些发现。首先，我展示了过去的殖民地公共投资，这些投资仍然在很大程度上决定着加纳当代的发展成果，不利于政治集中地区。其次，我认为，在中央集权地区，殖民统治可能会赋予专制的地方赞助人权力，他们以牺牲地方发展为代价，为殖民国家的利益服务。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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