"Redistributive Pressures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes,Consequences, and Coping Strategies". In: Akyeampong, E., R. Bates, N. Nunn, and J. Robinson (Eds.), African Development in Historical Perspective, Cambridge University Press.

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