The Political Economy of Slums: Theory and Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

World Development

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-203

  Fox, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonialism; Informal settlements; Slums; Urban development

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ECONOMIC THEORY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COLONIALISM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84884487507     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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