Poverty issues for zero rating VAT in South Africa

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-208

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Del Ninno, Carlo ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0033398951     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/8.2.182     Document Type: Article

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