25th Anniversary
In celebration of the Journal of African Economies ' 25th Anniversary, the Editor-in-Chief has selected ten key papers published in the journal in the last 25 years. Click the titles below to revisit some of the best of the journal for free until 31 December 2016.
Credit constraints in manufacturing enterprises in Africa
Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Patillo, Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal and Albert Zeufack
(2003) 12 (1): 104-125
Sources of slow growth in African economies
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner
(1997) 6 (3): 335-376
Why are there so many civil wars in Africa? Understanding and preventing violent conflict
E Elbadawi and N Sambanis
(2000) 9 (3): 244-269
Initial conditions, social capital and growth in Africa
Jonathan Temple
(1998) 7 (3): 309-347
Risk, poverty and vulnerability in Africa
Stefan Dercon
(December 2005) 14 (4): 483-488
Aid 'dependency': a critique
Paul Collier
(1999) 8 (4): 528-545
Apartheid's enduring legacy: Inequalities in education
Servaas van der Berg
(2007) 16 (5): 849-880
Networks, Communities and Markets in Sub?Saharan Africa: Implications for Firm Growth and Investment
Marcel Fafchamps
(2001) 10 (suppl 2): 109-142
Macroeconomic shocks and trade flows within Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for optimum currency arrangements
Tamim Bayoumi and Jonathan D. Ostry
(1997) 6 (3): 412-444
Growth of African economies: productivity, policy syndromes and the importance of institutions
Augustin Kwasi Fosu
(2013) 22 (4): 523-551
*Bonus paper*
Foundational work from 2015 Nobel Prize Winner Angus Deaton's paper, featured in the first issue of JAE:
Saving and income smoothing in Cote d'Ivoire
Angus Deaton
(1992) 1 (1): 1-24
