Directional trends in selected aspects of rural poverty in the Eastern Cape Province: Changes during the first ten years of South African democracy

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-60

  Mfono, Zanele N ^a   Ndlovu, Precious ^a   Mlisa, Lilly Rose ^a   Duma, Sindiswa P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CENSUS; DEMOCRACY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GENDER; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSKEI;

EID: 39049162408     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350701836186     Document Type: Article

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