A social safety net for the chronically poor? Zimbabwe's public assistance programme in the 1990s

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-131

  Munro, Lauchlan T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 20444490802     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810500066654     Document Type: Review

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