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Economic historians seeking roots of South Africa’s inequality In a unique project, researchers from Lund University in Sweden, together with universities in South Africa, the Netherlands and the USA, will for the first time systematise large amounts of historical data from the Dutch East India Company’s colonisation of South Africa. Their aim: to find out when and how colonial processes arose, and how they may have continued to impact young nations up to modern times.
“From the 1500s to the 1700s, Europe colonised large parts of the world. Several researchers believe that this impacted economic development in these regions in ways that are still evident today. However, these theories are rarely underpinned by systematic empirical studies. In recent years, most researchers agree that this can give rise to some problematic assumptions. We need to review the data over a long period of time to be able to generate more credible hypotheses,” says Erik Green, ass