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Transportation and The International Trade of Eastern and Southern Africa

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  • Wanasin Sattayanuwat

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  • Craig Macphee & Peter Cook & Wanasin Sattayanuwat, 2013. "Transportation and The International Trade of Eastern and Southern Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 81(2), pages 225-239, June.
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