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| Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is indexed in Human Resources Abstracts, the Index of Economic Articles, the Index of Social Science and Humanities Proceedings, the Index to International Statistics, the Public Affairs Information Service, Sage Public Administration Abstracts, the Standard Periodical Directory, and Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory and online by ABI/INFORM and DIALOG. |
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