The Role of Mobile Phones in Tanzania's Informal Construction Sector: The Case of Dar es Salaam

Urban Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Molony, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Dar es Salaam; Informal sector; Information and communication technology; Job creation; Small scale enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349097677     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-008-9028-7     Document Type: Article

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