Growth in the central and eastern European countries of the European Union

IMF Occasional Papers

Volumn , Issue 252, 2006, Pages 1-52

  Schadler, Susan ^a   Mody, Ashoka ^a   Abiad, Abdul ^a   Leigh, Daniel ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; GROWTH RATE; IMF;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33847663264     PISSN: 02516365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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