Colonial taxation and government spending in British Africa, 1880-1940: Maximizing revenue or minimizing effort?

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-149

  Frankema, Ewout ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonial history; Public finance; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650720087     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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