The external debt burden and economic growth in the 1980s: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-318

  Fosu, Augustin Kwasi ^a,b  

^a AFRICAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (Kenya)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH DETERMINATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARA;

EID: 0033497685     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.1999.9669833     Document Type: Article

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