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Title:Depression and development in Nyasaland 1929-1939
Author:Baker, ColinISNI
Year:1974
Periodical:The Society of Malawi Journal
Volume:27
Issue:1
Pages:7-26
Language:English
Geographic term:Malawi
Subjects:economic history
economic recession
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/29778310
Abstract:Purpose is to show that considerable development took place in Nyasaland during and despite the world depression of the early 1930s, and that in Nyasaland's case the 1929 Colonial Development Act was more beneficial than is often believed. The article describes how the manpower and skills required for development were retained or acquired in this period and how capital was obtained. Development was concentrated on road improvements, medical and sanitation facilities and on education. Notes, tables.
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