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Development has a long memory: Children stunted today because of slavery in 1573

January 28, 2010 / by Guest User

Fascinating paper by Melissa Dell at MIT on how indigenous slavery (called the mita) in the mines of Peru and Bolivia from 1573 to 1812 left a lasting impact on development.

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