Beyond the development impasse: The role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-408

  Binns, Tony ^a   Nel, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; RURAL ECONOMY; SELF SUFFICIENCY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0344771002     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X99003067     Document Type: Article

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