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Maddison Project Database 2023
No full textThe Maddison Project Database 2023 release is the latest iteration of the Maddison Project Database (MPD). The dataset incorporates new time series data on GDP per capita and population for 169 countries and aggregate regions from 1 AD up to 2022. The original Maddison methodology has been refined. The data includes information on comparative economic growth and income levels over the very long run. The 2023 version of this database covers 169 countries and the period up to 2022.
When using these data (for whatever purpose), please make the following reference:
MPD version 2023: Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024). Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update. Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
All original papers must be cited when:
The data is shown in any graphical form
Subsets of the full dataset that include less than a dozen (12) countries are used for statistical analysis or any other purposes
A list of original papers can be found in the source sheet of the database. When neither 1) or 2) apply, then the MPD as a whole should be cited.
More information about this release of the of the Maddison Project Database can be found on the associated page on the website of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre
Living Standards and Wellbeing in Africa, an Economic History Perspective
Full text linkWhy are we in the Netherlands today so much richer than our grand and great-grand parents, living only 50, 100, 200 years ago? Or why are some countries richer than other? Questions like these lie at the heart of Economic History. The basis for answering these questions is consistent data on long run global development, which we collect within the Maddison Project. Our research shows that over the past 200 year, the average global income per person has increased nearly 12 times (Bolt & Van Zanden, 2020; OECD, 2021). Further, economic growth accelerated over time. During the 19th century, the average global income doubled to roughly 2200 dollars; during the twentieth century the global average income quadrupled to over 12,000 dollars. While this is impressive economic progress, if we look at different countries around the world today, it is clear that this average development has not brought everyone the same progress. Economic history research and Africa One of the regions that currently features in the lower half of the world’s income distribution is Africa. However, for long, Africa hardly featured in global economic history debates due to lacking historical data on development. In my lecture I will discuss how economic history research, based on previously unexplored archival material, has not only rewritten African history, but also provided a much better understanding of drivers of development. This has pushed Africa’s long run experience into global economic history debates and thereby provided important new impetus into theories of long run global development
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Botswana – A Modern Economic History : an African diamond in the rough
No full textTogether with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness in the Botswana experience, several aspects of the country’s opportunities and challenges are of a more general nature. Throughout its history, Botswana has been both blessed and hindered by its natural resource abundance and dependency, which have influenced growth periods, opportunities for economic diversification, strategies for sustainable economic and social development, and the distribution of incomes and opportunities.Through a political economy framework, Hillbom and Bolt provide an updated understanding of an African success story, covering the period from the mid-19th century, when the Tswana groups settled, to the present day. Understanding the interaction over time between geography and factor endowments on the one hand, and the development of economic and political institutions on the other, offers principle lessons from Botswana’s experience to other natural resource rich developing countries
Keeping Safe : Intra-individual Consistency in Obstacle Avoidance Behaviour Across Grasping and Locomotion Tasks
Full text linkThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Jutta Billino was supported by grants from the German Research Foundation, Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 135: Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception.Peer reviewe
The political economy of sugar production in colonial Kenya: the Asian initiative in Central Nyanza
Full text linkMaddison Project Database 2023
No full textThe Maddison Project Database 2023 release is the latest iteration of the Maddison Project Database (MPD). The dataset incorporates new time series data on GDP per capita and population for 169 countries and aggregate regions from 1 AD up to 2022. The original Maddison methodology has been refined. The data includes information on comparative economic growth and income levels over the very long run. The 2023 version of this database covers 169 countries and the period up to 2022. When using these data (for whatever purpose), please make the following reference: MPD version 2023: Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024). Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update. Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618 All original papers must be cited when: The data is shown in any graphical form Subsets of the full dataset that include less than a dozen (12) countries are used for statistical analysis or any other purposes A list of original papers can be found in the source sheet of the database. When neither 1) or 2) apply, then the MPD as a whole should be cited. More information about this release of the of the Maddison Project Database can be found on the associated page on the website of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre
Gor'kijBogdanov : Aperçu sur une correspondance non publiée
No full textJutta Scherrer, Gor'kii - Bogdanov. An appraisal of unpublished correspondence.
The author traces the course of Gor'kii's relationship with Bogdanov as it emerges from his correspondence, to dale unpublished, with the philosopher and political figure during the years 1908-1910, a period marking the first crisis within the Bolshevik fraction - the bitter struggle between its main leaders of the moment, Lenin and Bogdanov. Gor'kii actively adopts a position in favor of the latter: for him Bogdanov's political and cultural vision represents a real and coherent alternative to Lenin's "orthodoxy". This article aims to give no more than a brief account of Bolshevism in the early years of its development : other, more important elements drawn from the collection of documents are analysed in a forthcoming publication.Jutta Scherrer, Gor'kij - Bogdanov. Aperçu sur une correspondance non publiée.
On retrace ici une étape des relations de Gor'kij avec Bogdanov à travers une correspondance, jusqu'ici inédite, de l'écrivain avec le philosophe et l'homme politique, au cours des années 1908 à 1910. Cette période est marquée par la première crise à l'intérieur de la fraction bolchevique, voire par la lutte acharnée entre ses principaux dirigeants d'alors, Lenin et Bogdanov. Gor'kij prend vivement position pour ce dernier dont le projet politique et culturel représente à ses yeux une véritable alternative à l'« orthodoxie » de Lenin. Cet article ne donne qu'un aperçu de l'histoire du bolchevisme à ses débuts. Des éléments plus importants se dégageront de la collection de documents qui sera publiée prochainement.Scherrer Jutta. Gor'kijBogdanov : Aperçu sur une correspondance non publiée. In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, vol. 29, n°1, Janvier-Mars 1988. Maksim Gor'kij (1868 - 1936) cinquante ans après. pp. 41-51
Botswana – A Modern Economic History an African diamond in the rough
No full textTogether with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness in the Botswana experience, several aspects of the country’s opportunities and challenges are of a more general nature. Throughout its history, Botswana has been both blessed and hindered by its natural resource abundance and dependency, which have influenced growth periods, opportunities for economic diversification, strategies for sustainable economic and social development, and the distribution of incomes and opportunities. Through a political economy framework, Hillbom and Bolt provide an updated understanding of an African success story, covering the period from the mid-19th century, when the Tswana groups settled, to the present day. Understanding the interaction over time between geography and factor endowments on the one hand, and the development of economic and political institutions on the other, offers principle lessons from Botswana’s experience to other natural resource rich developing countries
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