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Delivery of urban transport in developing countries: the case for the motorcycle taxi service (boda-boda) operators of Kampala

William S Kisaalita
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Josephat Sentongo-KibalamaView further author information
Pages 345-357 | Published online: 21 Jun 2007

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Lourdes Diaz Olvera, Didier Plat & Pascal Pochet. (2020) Looking for the obvious: Motorcycle taxi services in Sub-Saharan African cities. Journal of Transport Geography 88, pages 102476.
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