Diamonds or development? A structural assessment of Botswana's forty years of success

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-214

  Hillbom, Ellen ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 43849084025     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003194     Document Type: Article

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