Between neglect and control: Questioning partnerships and the integration of informal actors in public solid waste management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

African Studies Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 29-42

  Baudouin, Axel ^a   Bjerkli, Camilla ^b   Habtemariam, Yirgalem ^c   Chekole, Zelalem Fenta ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b University of Addis Ababa ^*

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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