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| Paul Francis is a Social Anthropologist, Institutional and Social Policy, in the World Bank's Africa Region. |
ISBN 0-8213-3733-5
ISSN: 0253-7494 |
| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Francis, Paul, 1955
State, community, and local development in Nigeria / Paul Francis
with J.A. Akinwumi... [et al.].
p. cm.(World Bank technical paper, ISSN 0253-7494 ; no.
336. Africa region series, formerly Africa technical department series),
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-3733-5
1. Community developmentNigeria. 2. Community organization
Nigeria. 3. Non-governmental organizationsNigeria. 4. Poor
Services forNigeria. I. Akinwumi, Jim A. II. Title.
III. Series: World Bank technical paper; no. 336. IV Series: World Bank
technical paper. Africa region series.
HN831.Z9C636 1996 96-33063
307.1'4'0969dc20 CIP |
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