Vol.  2 No. 5 1990

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POLITICAL  ECONOMY

R E V UE 
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D'ECONOMIE  POLITIQUE

Adebayo Adedeji

Africa's Debt Problem

Philip Ndegwa

Solution of Africa's External Debt Crisis Within A
Framework of Recovery and Growth

Babacar Ndiaye

Africa's Debt Burden

OAU and ECA

Africa's External Debt Crisis Keeping up the Momentum
Created by the Third Extraordinary Summit of the
OAU Heads of State and Government

Edward V. K. Jaycox

The Search for Solutions to Africa's Debt Problems:
A Progress Report

African Common Position on Africa's External Debt Crisis

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Contents 
Adebayo Adedeji
Africa's Debt Problem 

No.  5,1990

Philip Ndegwa
Solution of Africa's External Debt Crisis Within A
Framework of Recovery and Growth 

Babacar Ndiaye
Africa's Debt Burden 

OAUandECA
Africa's External Debt Crisis Keeping up the Momentum
Created by the Third Extraordinary Summit of the
OAU Heads of State and Government 

Edward V. K. Jaycox
The Search for Solutions to Africa's Debt Problems:
A Progress Report 

OAU
African Common Position on Africa's External Debt Crisis 

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