Timber booms, state busts: The political economy of Liberian timber

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 101, 2004, Pages 441-456

  Johnston, Patrick ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7744229300     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305624042000295530     Document Type: Article

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