Uplifting small towns in post-apartheid South Africa: The experience of the Amathole Regional Economic Development Agency (Aspire)

Local Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-402

  McKibbin, James ^a   Binns, Tony ^a   Nel, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

post apartheid; regeneration; regional development; small towns; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861750215     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094212441156     Document Type: Article

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