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The political economy of growth corridors: commercialisation and agricultural change in eastern Africa’s seaboard

‘Demonstration fields’, anticipation, and contestation: agrarian change and the political economy of development corridors in Eastern Africa

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Pages 291-309 | Received 16 Apr 2019, Accepted 04 Mar 2020, Published online: 18 Mar 2020

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