The Commission for Africa: Results and prospects for the West's Africa policy

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-374

  Brown, William ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747196985     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X06001807     Document Type: Review

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