Living conditions, rents, and their determinants in the slums of Nairobi and Dakar

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-274

  Gulyani, Sumila ^a   Bassett, Ellen M ^b   Talukdar, Debabrata ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; LIVING STANDARD; RENTAL SECTOR; TENURE RELATIONS;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84863096832     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.2.251     Document Type: Article

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