Local livelihoods, global interests and the state in the Congolese mining sector

Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Political Economy Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 149-169

  Geenen, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84916986815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230304994_8     Document Type: Chapter

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