Money and sociality in South Africa's informal economy

Africa

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-149

  Neves, David ^a   Du Toit, Andries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INFORMAL SECTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856042661     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972011000763     Document Type: Article

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