Measuring socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa – a comparison between indices
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عنوان ژورنال: Studia i Prace WNEiZ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2080-4881,2300-4096
DOI: 10.18276/sip.2016.44/1-23