The Gear legacy: Did Gear fail or move South Africa forward in development?

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-288

  Streak, Judith Christine ^a  

^a Children's Budget Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 3242663702     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835042000219541     Document Type: Article

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