Misplaced expectations? the experience of applied local economic development in post-apartheid South Africa

Local Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-237

  Nel, Etienne ^a   Binns, Tony ^a   Bek, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 68249098031     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690940902895877     Document Type: Article

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