Thugs or entrepreneurs? Perceptions of matatu operators in Nairobi, 1970 to the present

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-568

  Mutongi, Kenda ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; PERCEPTION; REFORM PROCESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846667556     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.0072     Document Type: Article

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