Informal economies and urban governance in Nigeria: Popular empowerment or political exclusion?

African Studies Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-72

  Meagher, Kate ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 80053589567     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2011.0026     Document Type: Article

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