Informal production systems - The role of the informal economy in the plastic recycling and processing industry in Dhaka

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Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-43

  Kulke, Elmar ^a   Staffeid, Ronny ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; FRAGMENTATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; PLASTIC; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RECYCLING;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67749106486     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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