A survey of micro-enterprise in urban West Africa: Drivers shaping the sector

Development in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 452-464

  Roy, Marc André ^a   Wheeler, David ^b  

^a Dalhousie University ^*  (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROENTERPRISE; MICROFINANCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33746600713     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520600792432     Document Type: Article

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