Financial liberalisation: The African experience

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Reinhart, Carmen M ^a   Tokatlidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LIBERALIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645595468     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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