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Original Articles

Socio‐economic transition and housing: Lessons from Zimbabwe

Pages 685-699 | Received 01 Nov 1991, Accepted 01 Nov 1994, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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  • Graduate student, Edward Bloustein School of Public Policy, Rutgers University. The author thanks Professor Susan Fainstein of the Bloustein School of Planning and Kavitha Ramachandran for their comments on earlier drafts of this article.

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