Why can Mauritius export manufactures and Ghana not?

World Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 981-993

  Teal, Francis ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ghanaian Manufacturing Sector   (Ghana)

^c Ctr the Stud of African Economies   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e Ghana Statistical Office   (Ghana)

^f Reg Prog on Enterprise Development   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD BANK   (United States)

^h RPED Research Programme   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j AFRICAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (Kenya)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^l Trade and Entpr Research Programme   (United Kingdom)

^m Trade and Entpr Research Programme ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Economic Social Res Cncl of the UK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

GHANA; MAURITIUS;

EID: 0032695202     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00242     Document Type: Article

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