Explaining Sub-Saharan Africa's manufacturing performance

Development and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1121-1141

  Lawrence, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 30744444725     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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