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blessing of bad geography: a standalone construct

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blessing ofbad geography1 CONSTRUCTBlessing of badNUNN · DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

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Development economics

the finding that rugged terrain, normally harmful to income, helped some regions by protecting people from the slave trades.

In development economics, blessing of bad geography refers to the finding that rugged terrain, normally harmful to income, helped some regions by protecting people from the slave trades. This meaning comes from Nunn (2012) in Review of Economics and Statistics.[1]

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  1. Nunn, N., & Puga, D. (2012). Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa. Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00161

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