Hunting for Leopards: Long-Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa
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- Arbache, Jorge Saba & Page, John, 2008. "Hunting for Leopards : long run country income dynamics in Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4715, The World Bank.
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Economic development; Gross national product; Convergence;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-11-18 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2008-11-18 (Development)
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