The level of living in rural Botswana re-studied

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Wikan, Gerd ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Botswana; Livelihood strategies; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1942442909     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950410004393     Document Type: Article

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