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Why NTM is a Challenge in Trade Relations? Evidence from India–Africa Agricultural Trade 为什么NTM是贸易关系中的一个挑战？来自印度-非洲农业贸易的证据

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819898582

C. Kumar, Nalin Bharti

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Book review: John Aerni-Flessner, Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development 书评:约翰·阿尔尼-弗莱斯纳，《莱索托的梦想:独立、外援与发展》

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819899510

Matteo Grilli

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African Union Institutional Reform: Rationales, Challenges and Prospects 非洲联盟体制改革：理由、挑战和前景

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819899342

Yayew Genet Chekol

引用次数: 2

Book review: Tsega Etafa, The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Politics and Violence in Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta, African Histories and Modernities 书评：Tsega Etafa，《非洲民族冲突的起源：达尔富尔、奥罗米亚和塔纳三角洲的政治与暴力》，《非洲历史与现代性》

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819899511

Jashobanta Pan

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Revolution in Egypt: Political Movements and Mobilisation of Resources 埃及革命：政治运动与资源调动

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819848914

F. abdullah

引用次数: 2

Renewable Energy Deployment in Ghana: The Hype, Hope and Reality 加纳可再生能源部署：炒作、希望与现实

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819898581

Catherine Kuamoah

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Beyond the Card Reader: Anti-election Rigging Technology and National Security in Nigeria 读卡器之外：尼日利亚的反选举操纵技术与国家安全

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819845194

U. O. Uzodike, Hakeem Onapajo

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引用次数: 2

India and Mozambique: Evolving Relations 印度和莫桑比克:不断发展的关系

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819851319

Sushmita Rajwar

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Neo-colonialism in Africa and the Cases of Turkey and Iran 非洲新殖民主义与土耳其和伊朗的个案

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819845197

Glen Segell

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引用次数: 4

Transport Infrastructure Development in Kenya: How Connectivity Impacts Eastern Africa Regional Integration 肯尼亚交通基础设施发展:互联互通如何影响东非区域一体化

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/0975087819845205

O. Isaac

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