Economic literacy and the war on poverty: A social work challenge?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-173

  Engelbrecht, Lambert ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic literacy; Poverty; Social work; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349109033     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2007.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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