Not separate, not equal: Poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-529

  Özler, Berk ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; MACROECONOMICS; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

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

EID: 34047258353     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511191     Document Type: Article

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