The State, Private Sector Development, and Ghana's “Golden Age of Business”

African Studies Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-50

  Arthur, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 37249039129     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2006.0053     Document Type: Article

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