The impact of international debt relief

The Impact of International Debt Relief

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-138

  Dijkstra, A Geske ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84916989417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936238     Document Type: Book

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