Goodbye washington consensus, hello Washington confusion? A review of the World Bank's Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 973-987

  Rodrik, Dani ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847357322     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.44.4.973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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