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Urban governance in Namibia

A rocky road towards decentralisation and sustained poverty alleviation

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  1. Rosy Namoya-Jacobs
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Namoya-Jacobs, R., Hokans, J. Urban governance in Namibia. Urban Forum 6, 1–15 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03036691

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