Local economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 516-536

  Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^a   Tijmstra, Sylvia A R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548036537     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c5p     Document Type: Article

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