A bridge between the global North and Africa? Putin's Russia and G8 development commitments

African Studies Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 83-115

  Jordan, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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