The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public-Expenditure Composition in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Fosu, Augustin, 2010. "The external debt-servicing constraint and public-expenditure composition in sub-Saharan Africa," MPRA Paper 39238, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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