Social space and industrial development in East Africa: Deconstructing the logics of industry networks in Mwanza, Tanzania

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-198

  Murphy, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Manufacturing; Networks; Social space; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MANUFACTURING; NETWORKING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0346327438     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/3.2.173     Document Type: Article

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