Pro-poor local economic development in South Africa: The role of pro-poor tourism

Local Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-60

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; TOURISM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 30844460785     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830500396149     Document Type: Article

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