Local municipalities and progress with the delivery of basic services in South Africa

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-323

  Krugell, Waldo ^a   Otto, Hannelie ^a   Van Der Merwe, Jacky ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basic services; Community survey; Delivery; Local government; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SERVICE SECTOR; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956946956     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2010.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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