Poverty reduction in resource-rich developing countries: What have multinational corporations got to do with it?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 913-929

  Ite, Uwem E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 27244433866     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1177     Document Type: Article

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