Accelerated Development in sub-Saharan Africa: an Agenda for Structural Adjustment Lending?
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عنوان ژورنال: The IDS Bulletin
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0308-5872
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1983.mp14001002.x