During colonial rule, some African communities were forced to receive medical treatments that were painful, debilitating and sometimes fatal. The experience has affected trust in modern medicine, as Sara Lowes explains.

This video is part of our schools series 'Why isn’t the whole world developed?', which draws on economic history to understand the effect of colonisation and imperial interventions. The project is delivered by Discover Economics and the CAGE Research Centre.

This video in our school series, "Why isn't the whole world developed?", takes a look at the 'Europe Scramble' and the drawing of Africa's political borders in the late nineteenth century.

This lecture addresses some faulty perceptions of what economics is by exploring what economists really do.

Institutions are the laws or structures that control how people are allowed to act. But what effect do bad, or 'extractive', institutions have on economic growth? James Robinson explains the research he did to find out.

This video is part of our schools series 'Why isn’t the whole world developed?', which draws on economic history to understand the effect of colonisation and imperial interventions. The project is delivered by Discover Economics and the CAGE Research Centre.

Why is Africa so poor? Economic historian Nathan Nunn explores the long-term effects of Africa's slave trades.

This video is part of our schools series 'Why isn’t the whole world developed?', which draws on economic history to understand the effect of colonisation and imperial interventions. The project is delivered by Discover Economics and the CAGE Research Centre.