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DESCRIPTION:Merima Ali\, Senior Researcher\, Chr. Michelsen Institute (Berg
 en\, Norway)Colonial\nlegacy\,\nstate building and&nbsp\;the\nsalience\nof
  ethnicity in Sub-Saharan AfricaWeak state\ncapacity is a central politica
 l and economic challenge faced by states in\nAfrica\, with governments lac
 king effective control to provide even basic\nservices. Using\nnationally\
 nrepresentative micro data from Sub-Saharan Africa\, we examine the effect
  of\ncolonial legacies in entrenching (weakening) the salience of ethnic (
 national)\nidentity and state building. Results from OLS regressions are c
 onsistent with\nthe view that the "divide-and-rule" strategy by\, for exam
 ple\, Britain\,\nled\nto a higher salience of ethnic identity in present-d
 ay Anglophone African\ncountries and possibly hindered state building. Ide
 ntification\nstrategies confirm the OLS results\, highlighting how\nshort-
 lived inter-ethnic tensions fostered by leaders can pose a long lasting\nc
 hallenge to state building.Merima\nAli is\ncurrently teaching The World Ec
 onomy (ECN 365) and International Trade and\nDevelopment (ECN 610) at Syra
 cuse University.\nProfessor\nAli works on poverty dynamics\, global health
  and development\, and tax and\npublic finance management. She\nholds the 
 PhD in Development Economics from Wageningen\nSchool of Social Science (Th
 e Netherlands) and\nhas\npreviously held positions at the World Bank\, IFP
 RI and the Ethiopian\nDevelopment Research Institution.Sponsored by the Ma
 xwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs  
  
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Merima Ali
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Merima Ali</b>\, <i>Senior Resear
 cher\, Chr. Michelsen Institute (Bergen\, Norway)</i></p><p><b>Colonial\nl
 egacy\,\nstate building and&nbsp\;the\nsalience\nof ethnicity in Sub-Sahar
 an Africa</b></p><p>Weak state\ncapacity is a central political and econom
 ic challenge faced by states in\nAfrica\, with governments lacking effecti
 ve control to provide even basic\nservices. Using\nnationally\nrepresentat
 ive micro data from Sub-Saharan Africa\, we examine the effect of\ncolonia
 l legacies in entrenching (weakening) the salience of ethnic (national)\ni
 dentity and state building. Results from OLS regressions are consistent wi
 th\nthe view that the "divide-and-rule" strategy by\, for example\, Britai
 n\,\nled\nto a higher salience of ethnic identity in present-day Anglophon
 e African\ncountries and possibly hindered state building. Identification\
 nstrategies confirm the OLS results\, highlighting how\nshort-lived inter-
 ethnic tensions fostered by leaders can pose a long lasting\nchallenge to 
 state building.</p><p>Merima\nAli is\ncurrently teaching The World Economy
  (ECN 365) and International Trade and\nDevelopment (ECN 610) at Syracuse 
 University.\nProfessor\nAli works on poverty dynamics\, global health and 
 development\, and tax and\npublic finance management. She\nholds the PhD i
 n Development Economics from Wageningen\nSchool of Social Science (The Net
 herlands) and\nhas\npreviously held positions at the World Bank\, IFPRI an
 d the Ethiopian\nDevelopment Research Institution.</p><p><b><i>Sponsored b
 y the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global A
 ffairs</i></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p></p>
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