Diamonds are a rebel's best friend

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1133-1150

  Olsson, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DIAMOND; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; KIMBERLITE; MINING INDUSTRY;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BOTSWANA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; NAMIBIA; SIERRA LEONE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33746035689     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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