Resource Rents, Democracy & the Eight Policy Lessons
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1665-5346,2448-6795
DOI: 10.21919/remef.v15i4.556