Explaining Africa's (dis)advantage

World Development

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-77

  Harrison, Ann E ^a,b   Lin, Justin Yifu ^c   Xu, Lixin Colin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Business environment; Finance; Infrastructure; Party monopoly

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EXPORT; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MONOPOLY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84904973127     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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