Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-37

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Collier, Paul ^b,c   Dercon, Stefan ^b,d   Fafchamps, Marcel ^b   Gauthier, Bernard ^e   Gunning, Jan Willem ^b,f   Oduro, Abena ^g   Oostendorp, Remco ^f   Patillo, Cathy ^h   Soderbom, Måns ^a   Teal, Francis ^b   Zeufack, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^h INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; LEGAL SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING;

AFRICA;

EID: 85037950809     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380008422635     Document Type: Article

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