Informal economy in Africa: Building human capital to set the Gazelles free
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-05-17 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2014-05-17 (All new papers)
- NEP-HRM-2014-05-17 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-IUE-2014-05-17 (Informal & Underground Economics)
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