Incalculable payments: Money, scale, and the South African offshore grey money amnesty

African Studies Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-138

  Maurer, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 57749160587     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2007.0109     Document Type: Review

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