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- Easterly, W.
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- Social Sciences › Development › Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
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- income inequality, ethnic divisions, resource endowment, economic development, economic growth, infrastructure, political instability, civil war, ethnic minorities, democracy, social modernization, economic policy
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