The Challenge of Upgrading in African Industries: Socio-Spatial Factors and the Urban Environment in Mwanza, Tanzania

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1754-1778

  Murphy, James T ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clusters; furniture; industry; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania; upgrading

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; MARKETING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 35248812880     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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