Struggling in the shade of globalisation: Economic trends and responses in the free state since the 1990s

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-65

  Marais, Lochner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; GLOBALIZATION;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845770264     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2006.9713847     Document Type: Article

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