The role of capital flight and remittances in current account sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

African Development Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 382-404

  Salisu, Mohammed ^a  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; DEBT; REMITTANCE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645301818     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1017-6772.2006.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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