The external debt-servicing constraint and public-expenditure composition in sub-saharan Africa

African Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-393

  Fosu, Augustin Kwasi ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77956254549     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2010.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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