Reinvigorating growth in developing countries: Lessons from adjustment policies in eight economies

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Volumn 1996, Issue 139, 1996, Pages

  Goldsbrough, David ^a   Coorey, Sharmini ^a   Dicks Mireaux, Louis ^a   Horvath, Balazs ^a   Kochhar, Kalpana ^a   Mecagni, Mauro ^a   Offerdal, Erik ^a   Zhou, Jianping ^a  

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