Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 568, 2013, Pages 285-316

  Glennerster, Rachel ^a   Miguel, Edward ^b,c   Rothenberg, Alexander D ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POST-WAR;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84876995655     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12030     Document Type: Article

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