The new face of development: The 'bottom of the pyramid' entrepreneurs

Anthropology Today

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Dolan, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864779948     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2012.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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