Debt relief and credit to the private sector in African countries

African Development Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-480

  Harrabi, Sana ^a   Bousrih, Lobna ^a   Salisu, Mohammed ^a  

^a GulfOne Investment Bank ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PRIVATE SECTOR;

AFRICA;

EID: 38149084676     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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