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Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality Abstract: Rural localities are often viewed as too remote, sparsely populated and poor in critical resources needed for them to be innovation... Read More
Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not... Read More
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