Politics, policy and paratransit: A view from Nairobi

Paratransit in African Cities: Operations, Regulation and Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 79-100

  Klopp, Jacqueline ^a   Mitullah, Winnie ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 84960386048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315849515     Document Type: Chapter

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