GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: EXAMINING TRADE DIVERSIFICATION AND NEW PATTERNS
OF TRADE IN SOME LARGE AFRICAN ECONOMIES
Tsitsi Effie Mutambara
Department of Economics and Economic History
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa
Published Online: March 15, 2017
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