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The “hustle” amongst youth entrepreneurs in Mathare's informal waste economy

Tatiana A. Thieme Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 389-412 | Published online: 30 Apr 2013

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