The informal practices of civil servants

Routledge Handbook of African Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-80

  de Sardan, Jean Pierre Olivier ^a  

^a LASDEL   (Niger)

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EID: 85043606036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203070680     Document Type: Chapter

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