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- ↑ McMillan, M., J. Page, D. Booth and D.W. te Velde (2017). Supporting Economic Transformation: An approach paper.
- ↑ International Monetary Fund Diversification Toolkit, available here: https://www.imf.org/external/np/res/dfidimf/diversification.htm
- ↑ Kennan, J. and te Velde, D. (2015). Sources and methods of data for economic transformation.
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