Ewout Frankema is professor and chair of Rural and Environmental History at Wageningen University, elected member of the Young Academy of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences and research fellow of the UK Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). His research agenda focuses on a deeper understanding of the long-term comparative economic development of developing regions (Africa, Latin America, Asia) and the historical origins and nature of present-day global inequality. Frankema has studied History, Economics and Philosophy at the University of Groningen, where he obtained his PhD in Economics in 2008. He has taught a broad range of courses in history, economics and development studies at the University of Groningen, Utrecht University, Wageningen University, and offered guest lectures at universities in Uruguay, Uganda, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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The Great Convergence: Skill accumulation and mass education in Africa and Asia since 1870
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- Development 
- Economic history 
- Education 
- Labour Markets
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An economic rationale for the African scramble
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- Development 
- Economic history 
- International trade