impact of colonialism on development

Taking into account these trends as well as recognising the need for a counterfactual we argue that in two sorts of colonies there is a clear case to be made for colonialism retarding development; those with a centralised state at the time of Scramble for Africa and those of white settlement. Phoenicia was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BC to 300 BC and later the Greeks and Persians continued on this line of setting up colonies. This version: August 1, 2013 . Abstract. University of Michigan . Abstract . Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. Graduate Student . Then the colony formed is expanded, maintained, and exploited by the powerful people of the territory. In the political sphere, colonialism affects first of all the pre-colonial elites, although domination took different forms. The study will focus on filling the lacuna (the gap) in the literatures by determining the status of Nigeria in terms of neo-colonialism, and establishing if there is any relationship between neo-colonialism in Nigeria and to find the possibility of true independence for the country. In this article, we take a look at some of the key impacts/effects of colonialism on Nigeria’s development. Department of Economics . The Impact of Colonialism on African Development: Evidence from the Ethnographic Atlas . Recommended Citation. Diamond (1988) emphasizes the establishment of monopolistic state control of cash crop production and exportation as an important impact of colonialism, as well as the exclusive control over the mining of minerals and the development of infrastructure. Activity that could be called colonialism has a long history starting with the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans who all built colonies in antiquity. colonialism. It takes a look at the pre-colonial marketing practices of the nation-states and kingdoms and the development or otherwise of marketing during the era of colonialism in Nigeria. How teachers and students can make the quick transition to online learning; 12 March 2020. Most people from Africa, Asia and South America, live in the aftermath of colonialism, while others, for example the Indigenous Peoples of North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin and Central America still live in colonial bondage. One impact of colonialism was the political centralization of territories having no central government or, where centralization already existed, the foreign take-over or domination of pre-colonial central government (Bockstette, Chanda and Putterman 2002: 352). Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. This study shall therefore, focus on the impact of Neo-colonialism in Africa using Nigeria as case study.