Africa's prospects and South Africa's leadership potential in the emerging markets century

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1165-1181

  Andreasson, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LEADERSHIP; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051974843     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.584725     Document Type: Article

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