Entrepreneurship and socioeconomic development in Africa: A reality or myth?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-109

  Nafukho, Fredrick M ^a   Muyia, Machuma A Helen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Training; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049098531     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591011023961     Document Type: Review

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