Addressing poverty through community-based income generation projects: The evidence from South Africa

Policy and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-342

  Surender, Rebecca ^a   Van Niekerk, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro enterprise; Poverty alleviation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

INCOME; MICROENTERPRISE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

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

EID: 50049126662     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557308X307658     Document Type: Article

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