Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: Evidence from South African employment programmes

International Labour Review

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-223

  Haddad, Lawrence ^a   Adato, Michelle ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0036996846     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2002.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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