Sources of slow growth in African economies

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-376

  Sachs, Jeffrey D ^a   Warner, Andrew M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH DETERMINANTS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA(SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0031420541     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020932     Document Type: Article

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