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Tensions in Empowerment: The Experience of the "Harambee" (Self-Help) Movement in Kenya

1987; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 35; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/451602

1539-2988

Peter Ngau,

FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance

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