India's rise in Africa

International Affairs

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 779-798

  Taylor, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864023854     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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1. I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their extremely helpful critiques. Any errors remain my own.
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