Why has Africa grown slowly?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3-22

  Collier, Paul ^a   Gunning, Jan Willem ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002326064     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.3.3     Document Type: Article

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