Publication: Petroleum Supply Reforms Could Yield Huge Savings
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1992-12
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2012-08-13
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Petroleum supply reforms could yield huge savings. Training flourishes in the informal sector. Credit is a constraint to enterprise development. cAN Africa pay for its universities. How to double Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural growth rate. Upgrading farming systems in the Sahel. Agricultural research is being revitalized.
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“World Bank. 1992. Petroleum Supply Reforms Could Yield Huge Savings. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 2. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10033 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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