Widening the Options: Implications for Public Policy

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Widening the Options : Implications for Public Policy. / Newfarmer, Richard; Page, John; Tarp, Finn.

Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. ed. / Richard Newfarmer; John Page; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2018. p. 411-431 (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

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Harvard

Newfarmer, R, Page, J & Tarp, F 2018, Widening the Options: Implications for Public Policy. in R Newfarmer, J Page & F Tarp (eds), Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press, WIDER Studies in Development Economics, pp. 411-431. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0020

APA

Newfarmer, R., Page, J., & Tarp, F. (2018). Widening the Options: Implications for Public Policy. In R. Newfarmer, J. Page, & F. Tarp (Eds.), Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered (pp. 411-431). Oxford University Press. WIDER Studies in Development Economics https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0020

Vancouver

Newfarmer R, Page J, Tarp F. Widening the Options: Implications for Public Policy. In Newfarmer R, Page J, Tarp F, editors, Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. Oxford University Press. 2018. p. 411-431. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821885.003.0020

Author

Newfarmer, Richard ; Page, John ; Tarp, Finn. / Widening the Options : Implications for Public Policy. Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered. editor / Richard Newfarmer ; John Page ; Finn Tarp. Oxford University Press, 2018. pp. 411-431 (WIDER Studies in Development Economics).

Bibtex

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