State-business relations and pro-poor growth in South Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-357

  Seekings, Jeremy ^a   Nattrass, Nicoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Business; Coalition; Development; Growth; Poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR MARKET; POST-APARTHEID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953030676     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1774     Document Type: Article

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