Informal institutional arrangements in credit, land markets and infrastructure delivery in Trinidad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-496

  Pamuk, Ayse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; INFORMAL SECTOR; INFRASTRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND MARKET;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0034095778     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00253     Document Type: Article

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