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Review of African Political Economy Volume 44, 2017 - Issue 152: Special Issue: Extraction and beyond: people’s economic responses to restructuring in southern and central Africa
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Towards a life of poverty and uncertainty? The livelihood strategies of Gécamines workers after retrenchment in the DRC

Vers une existence dans la pauvreté et l’incertitude ? Les stratégies économiques des travailleurs de la Gécamines après leur licenciement (R.D. Congo)

Benjamin RubbersLaboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle, Faculté de Sciences Sociales,Université de Liège, Liège, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 189-203 | Published online: 30 Mar 2017

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