Against all odds: Coping with regress in Kinshasa, Zaïre

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 209-230

  De Herdt, Tom ^a   Marysse, Stefaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; COPING STRATEGY; ECONOMIC CRISIS; INFORMALISATION;

ZAIRE, KINSHASA;

EID: 0031414315     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578819708426684     Document Type: Article

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