Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered

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Industries without Smokestacks : Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. / Newfarmer, Richard (Redaktør); Page, john (Redaktør); Tarp, Finn (Redaktør).

Oxford University Press, 2018. 451 s. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

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Newfarmer, R, Page, J & Tarp, F (red) 2018, Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. WIDER Studies in Development Economics, Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.001.0001

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Newfarmer, R., Page, J., & Tarp, F. (red.) (2018). Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press. WIDER Studies in Development Economics https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.001.0001

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Newfarmer R, (ed.), Page J, (ed.), Tarp F, (ed.). Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press, 2018. 451 s. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.001.0001

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Newfarmer, Richard (Redaktør) ; Page, john (Redaktør) ; Tarp, Finn (Redaktør). / Industries without Smokestacks : Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press, 2018. 451 s. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

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