Informal economic and social security in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Social Security Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 39-58

  Maes, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33947129927     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-246X.00168     Document Type: Article

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