Unjustified optimism: Why the World Bank's 2008 'agriculture for development' report misses the point for South Africa

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Kepe, Thembela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Land reform; Smallholder agriculture; South Africa; World Bank

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRARIAN REFORM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

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

EID: 70449570755     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150903143012     Document Type: Article

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