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Political risk insurance and its effectiveness in supporting private sector investment in fragile states

Publication 9 May 2018 Firms, State and State Fragility initiative

Authors

Hannah Mayer

Alumnus of Master of Public Policy Course, University of Oxford
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This background study is published by the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development.

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