The Role of Primary Commodities in Economic Development: Sub-Saharan Africa Versus the Rest of the World
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- Carmignani, Fabrizio & Chowdhury, Abdur, 2010. "The Role of Primary Commodities in Economic Development: Sub-Saharan Africa versus Rest of the World," Working Papers and Research 2010-01, Marquette University, Center for Global and Economic Studies and Department of Economics.
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Keywords
economic diversification; commodity concentration; Africa; economic development; primary commodities;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-01-19 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2008-01-19 (Development)
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