Democracy and the money machine in Zaire

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 93-94, 2002, Pages 445-462

  De Herdt, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0036909127     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240208704632     Document Type: Article

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