Conflict minerals in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Planned interventions and unexpected outcomes

Disaster, Conflict and Society in Crises: Everyday Politics of Crisis Response

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 132-148

  Cuvelier, Jeroen ^a  

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EID: 84920997737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203082461     Document Type: Chapter

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