A back door to globalisation? Structural adjustment, globalisation and transborder trade in West Africa

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 95, 2003, Pages 57-75

  Meagher, Kate ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; REGIONAL TRADE; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0038684598     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240308374     Document Type: Article

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