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SUMMARY:Tropical development - Tirthankar Roy\, London School of Economics
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CONTACT:Amy Erickson
DESCRIPTION:The scholarship on the history of economic development shows t
 hat countries in the intertropical zone have remained poorer than the rest
  of the world\, suggesting that they struggle harder to achieve economic g
 rowth. What does tropical have to do with the struggle to grow? The talk w
 ill address that question. Defining tropicality as the composite of two co
 nditions\, persistent moisture-stress\, and seasonality\, and using exampl
 es from Africa and South Asia\, I suggest that the struggle to grow is ess
 entially a struggle to secure water and distribute water across seasons. D
 oing this with rainwater carries hazards\, and groundwater is a finite res
 ource\, making the struggle harder as the process goes on.
LOCATION:History Faculty Room 6\, and online via zoom (for login details s
 ign up to ucam-ecosochist@lists.cam.ac.uk)
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