Informal responses to crises of urban employment: an investigation into the structure and relevance of small-scale informal retailing in Kaduna, Nigeria

Regional Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-557

  Simon, Pius B ^a  

^a Firmstart (Manchester) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; RETAILING; URBAN ECONOMY;

KADUNA; NIGERIA;

EID: 0031711699     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409850119111     Document Type: Article

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