Nauru: The first failed Pacific State?

Round Table

Volumn 95, Issue 383, 2006, Pages 47-63

  Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; Failure; Migration; Nauru; Phosphate; Resource curse; Trusteeship

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BUDGET DEFICIT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; MIGRATION; MINING; PHOSPHATE;

MICRONESIA; NAURU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646428234     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530500379205     Document Type: Article

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