The economic crisis in Southern Africa: Some perspectives on its origins and nature

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• United Nations Chief Technical Adviser to the Government of Botswana and Professor of Development Studies at the University of Botswana, and Chief Economist, Employment Policy Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Government of Botswana, respectively. The views expressed here are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations, the Government of Botswana, or any other organisation to which the authors are affiliated. This article is an extracted version of a larger paper prepared for presentation at the 18th Southern African Universities Social Science Conference, Swaziland, 4–7 December 1995.
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