Income generation, local economic development and community development: Paying the price for lacking business skills?

Community Development Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-395

  Maraisl, Lochner ^a   Botes, Lucius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; PARADIGM SHIFT; SUSTAINABILITY;

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

EID: 34447567058     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsl021     Document Type: Article

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