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- ↑ Majambere 2021, pp. 5–6.
- ↑ Les friperies déstabilisent l’industrie textile.
- ↑ Gahungu 2012, p. 142.
- ↑ Majambere 2021, p. 7–8.
- ↑ Burundi Private Sector Development, p. 15.
- ↑ Burundi Private Sector Development, p. 67.
- ↑ Gahungu 2012, p. 169.
- ↑ Gahungu 2012, p. 3.
