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Professor van Waijenburg focuses on the historical roots of relative African poverty and state fragility. Her work is characterized by the creation of new datasets from a range of qualitative and quantitative archival sources, allowing her to develop economic indicators for periods where standardized data is generally lacking. She aims to provide empirical foundations to critically assess deep-seated misconceptions about Africa's political and economic past. Her extensive archival work in cities such as Aix-en-Provence, Dakar, London, and Washington D.C. includes constructing public finance datasets that allow for comparative analysis between 30 British and French African colonies. This research contributes to existing narratives on colonial fiscal ambitions by highlighting similarities and differences in the strategies employed by colonizers and the varying tax burdens faced by colonial subjects. Notably, she incorporates 'invisible' components of colonial public finance, such as in-kind revenues from forced labor, to broaden the conceptual framework of historical fiscal capacity building literature.
Harvard Business School • Boston, MA
Teaches MBA required curriculum and conducts research in the area of business, government, and international economy.
The PhD in Business Administration is the primary doctoral degree encompassing various areas of study including Business Economics, Accounting, and Strategy.