Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa: Overview

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Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa : Overview. / Newfarmer, Richard; Page, John; Tarp, Finn.

Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. red. / Richard Newfarmer; John Page; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2018. s. 1-26 (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

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Newfarmer, R, Page, J & Tarp, F 2018, Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa: Overview. i R Newfarmer, J Page & F Tarp (red), Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press, WIDER Studies in Development Economics, s. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0001

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Newfarmer, R., Page, J., & Tarp, F. (2018). Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa: Overview. I R. Newfarmer, J. Page, & F. Tarp (red.), Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered (s. 1-26). Oxford University Press. WIDER Studies in Development Economics https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0001

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Newfarmer R, Page J, Tarp F. Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa: Overview. I Newfarmer R, Page J, Tarp F, red., Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press. 2018. s. 1-26. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0001

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Newfarmer, Richard ; Page, John ; Tarp, Finn. / Industries Without Smokestacks and Structural Transformation in Africa : Overview. Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. red. / Richard Newfarmer ; John Page ; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2018. s. 1-26 (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

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