Barriers to participation of the poor in South Africa's land redistribution

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1439-1460

  Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Land reform; Poverty; South Africa; Targeting

Indexed keywords

LAND REFORM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033931032     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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