Root causes of African underdevelopment

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 745-780

  Bhattacharyya, Sambit ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FROST; HUMIDITY; MALARIA; RAINFALL; TRADE RELATIONS; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 71049130653     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejp009     Document Type: Article

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