Lifting the blinkers: A new view of power, diversity and poverty in Mozambican rural labour markets

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-392

  Cramer, Christopher ^a   Oya, Carlos ^a   Sender, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WAGE;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50249097276     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003340     Document Type: Article

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