Oil and Ghana's 2012 Presidential Elections: Reinvigorating the 'Resource Curse'?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of African elections
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1609-4700,2415-5837
DOI: 10.20940/jae/2013/v12i2a7