How Solid Is Economic Growth in the East African Community? /

Is rapid economic growth experienced by the East African Community during the past decade built on solid foundations? To gain some clues, we use a variety of newly-collected and existing data sources to analyze the structural transformation of output and exports, as well as indicators of their quali...

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Huvudupphovsman: Gigineishvili, Nikoloz
Övriga upphovsmän: Mauro, Paolo, Wang, Ke
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/150
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