The formation and development of economic networks in Syria: Implications for economic and fiscal reforms, 1986-2000

Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 37-76

  Haddad, Bassam ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85014186133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403982148     Document Type: Chapter

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