The effects of the financial crisis on Sub-Saharan Africa

Review of Development Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Allen, Franklin ^a   Giovannetti, Giorgia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank exposure; China; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649950297     PISSN: 18799337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Report    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdf.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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