Can and should cash transfers be linked to social welfare?

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 72-76

  Richter, Linda M ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Human rights; Social development; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950783178     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903128598     Document Type: Article

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