Governance and the private sector in Africa

Beyond Structural Adjustment: The Institutional Context of African Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 213-239

  Cotton, Linda ^a   Ramachandran, Vijaya ^b  

^a World Bank ^*

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84994311154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403981288     Document Type: Chapter

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