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  5. Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Performance

Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Performance

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Citation

Beny, Laura N., and Lisa D. Cook. 2009. "Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Performance." American Economic Review, 99 (2): 268-74. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.268

JEL Classification

  • O11 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
  • O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
  • O47 Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
  • Q32 Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development