Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-160

  Hoffmaister, Alexander W ^a   Roldós, Jorge E ^a   Wickham, Peter ^a  

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EID: 0000968950     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/3867332     Document Type: Article

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