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Patrick Kutesa Kayongo's avatar

Thanks for sharing, and will definitely read the longer paper.

What would be interesting would be the factors that led to colonial social investment within a particular area i.e. are there other pre-colonial institutional factors which led to a larger concentration of missionaries within an area, which then led to more educational institutions, which then led to more post-colonial leaders.

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Johan Fourie's avatar

For recent work on missionaries, Patrick, read Jedwab et al.:

Jedwab, R., Meier zu Selhausen, F. and Moradi, A., 2022. The economics of missionary expansion: Evidence from Africa and implications for development. Journal of Economic Growth, 27(2), pp.149-192.

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