Infrastructure and the politics of African state agency: shaping the Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa
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Keywords
African agency; BRI; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; infrastructure; state;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2022-05-23 (Africa)
- NEP-CNA-2022-05-23 (China)
- NEP-INT-2022-05-23 (International Trade)
- NEP-URE-2022-05-23 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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