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Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it?

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Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it? / Ite, Uwem.
In: Journal of International Development, Vol. 17, No. 7, 10.2005, p. 913-929.

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Ite, U 2005, 'Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it?', Journal of International Development, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 913-929. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1177

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Ite, U. (2005). Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it? Journal of International Development, 17(7), 913-929. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1177

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Ite U. Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it? Journal of International Development. 2005 Oct;17(7):913-929. doi: 10.1002/jid.1177

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Ite, Uwem. / Poverty elimination in resource-rich developing countries : what have multinational corporations got to do with it?. In: Journal of International Development. 2005 ; Vol. 17, No. 7. pp. 913-929.

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