Trends in Rainfall and Economic Growth in Africa: A Neglected Cause of the African Growth Tragedy

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Review of Economics and Statistics

• Publication date

  2010-04-15

• Fields of study

  Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1162/rest.2010.11212
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