Harnessing the bonanza: Economic liberalization and capacity building in the mineral sector

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Bridge, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Developing countries; Economic liberalization; Mining

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LIBERALIZATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING;

EID: 0032910675     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1999.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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