Devising social security interventions for maximum poverty impact

Social Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 39-68

  Van Der Berg, Servaas ^a,b   Bredenkamp, Caryn ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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