GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
THE STATE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN CAPACITY AS INSTRUMENTS FOR PROMOTING
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
Peter Arthur
Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University
1459 Oxford Street
P. O. BOX 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2.
Email Address: parthur@dal.ca
Published Online: March 15, 2017
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