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Book Title: A Systems Approach To Modeling Community Development Project...
Author: Bernard Amadei
Publication Name: System Dynamics Modeling of Community Development Projects
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Momentum Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 180 Pages
