Sulemaan Yakub
American school of Bombay

MLA 8
Yakub, Sulemaan. "Microenterprise as a Tool for Housing Improvement: Evaluating Resident-Led Economic Strategies in Low-Income Informal Settlements." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 9, Sept. 2026, pp. 4655-4666, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i09.013. Accessed Sept. 2026.
APA 6
Yakub, S. (2026, September). Microenterprise as a Tool for Housing Improvement: Evaluating Resident-Led Economic Strategies in Low-Income Informal Settlements. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(9), 4655-4666. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i09.013
Chicago
Yakub, Sulemaan. "Microenterprise as a Tool for Housing Improvement: Evaluating Resident-Led Economic Strategies in Low-Income Informal Settlements." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 9 (September 2026), 4655-4666. Accessed September, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i09.013.

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