The political economy of inappropriate technology: Industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-431

  James, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a Department of Development Economics ^*

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; DEVELOPMENT FAILURE; INDUSTRIALISATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE ENTERPRISE; STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY CHOICE;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0030464484     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1996.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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