Analyzing pro-poor growth in Southern Africa: Lessons from Mauritius and South Africa

African Development Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-146

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a,b   Verdier Chouchane, Audrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b African Development Bank   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79958232698     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2011.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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