Africa's growth tragedy: Policies and ethnic divisions

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1203-1250

  Easterly, William ^a   Levine, Ross ^a  

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EID: 0040153325     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300555466     Document Type: Article

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