Absorption capacity and disbursement constraints;Capacité d'absorption et contraintes de décaissement

Revue d'Economie du Developpement

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 43-68

  Svensson, Jakob ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 68849128599     PISSN: 12454060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/edd.202.0043     Document Type: Article

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