Social pensions and policy learning: The case of Southern Africa

International Social Security Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 81-102

  Casey, Bernard H ^a   McKinnon, Roddy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b International Social Security Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Poverty; Social security administration; Social security financing; Social security reform; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449651847     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2009.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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