The diamond area community development fund: Micropolitics and community-led development in post-war Sierra Leone

High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 278-290

  Maconachie, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925817300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775786     Document Type: Chapter

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