South Africa and the new partnership for Africa's development: Economic spin-offs and linkages

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-268

  Akinboade, Oludele A ^a   Lalthapersad Pillay, Pinky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; ECONOMIC POLICY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 24944566645     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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