African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

External debt and economic growth in the East Africa community

James Ochieng Babu
  • James Ochieng Babu
  • Department of Economics, Egerton University, Kenya
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Symon Kiprop
  • Symon Kiprop
  • Department of Economics, Egerton University, Kenya
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Aquilars M. Kalio
  • Aquilars M. Kalio
  • Department of Economics, Egerton University, Kenya
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Mose Gisore
  • Mose Gisore
  • Department of Economics and Public Policy, Technical University of Kenya, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 14 March 2014
  •  Accepted: 16 October 2014
  •  Published: 14 November 2014

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