Lawbreakers and livelihood makers: Youth-specific poverty and ambiguous livelihood strategies in Africa

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-273

  Eguavoen, Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Livelihood; Poverty; Research agenda; Youth bulge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957232889     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 1745013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2010.507803     Document Type: Article

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