Adjustment and liberalization in Kenya: The financial and foreign exchange markets

Journal of International Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 465-491

  Ndung'u, Njuguna S ^a   Ngugi, Rose W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET; LIBERALIZATION; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 0032814715     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199905/06)11:3<465::AID-JID595>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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