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The Journal of Development Studies Volume 52, 2016 - Issue 4: “Making the Right Connections: Globalization, Economic Inclusion and African Workers” guest edited by Kate Meagher, Laura Mann and Maxim Bolt
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Remaking Africa’s Informal Economies: Youth, Entrepreneurship and the Promise of Inclusion at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Catherine DolanAnthropology, SOAS, University of London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dinah RajakAnthropology and Development, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Pages 514-529 | Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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