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ASR forum: Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity

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ASR forum: Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity. / Cleaver, Frances; Franks, Tom; Maganga, Faustin et al.
In: African Studies Review, Vol. 56, No. 3, 01.12.2013, p. 165-189.

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Cleaver, F, Franks, T, Maganga, F & Hall, K 2013, 'ASR forum: Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity', African Studies Review, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 165-189. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.84

APA

Cleaver, F., Franks, T., Maganga, F., & Hall, K. (2013). ASR forum: Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity. African Studies Review, 56(3), 165-189. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.84

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Cleaver F, Franks T, Maganga F, Hall K. ASR forum: Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity. African Studies Review. 2013 Dec 1;56(3):165-189. doi: 10.1017/asr.2013.84

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Cleaver, Frances ; Franks, Tom ; Maganga, Faustin et al. / ASR forum : Engaging with African informal economies: institutions, security, and pastoralism: Exploring the limits of hybridity. In: African Studies Review. 2013 ; Vol. 56, No. 3. pp. 165-189.

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