Rural infrastructure and agricultural development in Southern Africa: A centre-periphery perspective

Geographical Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-269

  Wanmali, Sudhir ^a   Islam, Yassir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Centre; Periphery; Regional development; Rural infrastructure; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0031545830     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059722     Document Type: Article

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