Initial Conditions, Social Capital and Growth in Africa
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Initial Conditions, Social Capital and Growth in Africa
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of African Economies
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0963-8024,1464-3723
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020954