Regional integration and Africa's development trajectory: Metatheories, expectations and reality

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-721

  Gibb, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; MODERNITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA;

EID: 67650446506     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590902867136     Document Type: Article

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