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Economic Development - Why is Africa Poor?

Geoff Riley

3rd March 2023

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Economic historian Nathan Nunn asks this question in the first of a new series of videos on aspects of economic development produced by Discover Economics and the CAGE Research Centre

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Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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