The political economy of privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-94

  Adams, Samuel ^a   Mengistu, Berhanu ^b  

^a GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Ghana)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349194523     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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