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The research was supported in part by Research England 2018–2019 Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) grant “Foreign investment, labour market and employment relations: the challenges of Kenya’s sustainable development”
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Cao, X. (2020). Foreign Direct Investment and Decent Work in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_98-1
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