Tracking development in South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: The primacy of policy

Development Policy Review

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages s5-s24

  van Donge, Jan Kees ^a   Henley, David ^b   Lewis, Peter ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa Asia; Development policy; Sustained growth

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; LIBERALIZATION; MACROECONOMICS; MARKET TRANSITION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84855914388     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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