The rise of supermarkets and changing expenditure patterns of poor rural households case study in the Transkei area, South Africa

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-113

  D'Haese, Marijke ^a,b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expenditure diversity; Expenditure pattern; South Africa; Supermarket development

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; POVERTY; RETAILING; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSKEI; WORLD;

EID: 15444374888     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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