Why Commodity Booms Have Not (Yet?) Boosted Human Capital: Bolivia’s Struggle to Create a Skilled Workforce
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عنوان ژورنال: Revue internationale de politique de développement
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1663-9375,1663-9391
DOI: 10.4000/poldev.1779