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Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation: lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation: lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. / Cawood, Sally.
In: Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 33, No. 2, 01.10.2021, p. 396-412.

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Cawood, S 2021, 'Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation: lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh', Environment and Urbanization, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 396-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478211026253

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Cawood, S. (2021). Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation: lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization, 33(2), 396-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478211026253

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Cawood S. Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation: lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization. 2021 Oct 1;33(2):396-412. Epub 2021 Jul 9. doi: 10.1177/09562478211026253

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Cawood, Sally. / Limits to and opportunities for scaling participation : lessons from three city-wide urban poor networks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: Environment and Urbanization. 2021 ; Vol. 33, No. 2. pp. 396-412.

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