Sustainability under siege: Transport costs and corruption on West Africa's trade corridors
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01342.x
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- Bromley, Daniel W. & Foltz, Jeremy D., 2010. "Sustainability under Siege: Transport Costs and Corruption on West Africa's Trade Corridors," Staff Paper Series 554, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics.
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