Export orientation and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-353

  Mengistae, Taye ^a   Pattillo, Catherine ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 4644236557     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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