Rural young people's opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in globalised southern africa: The limitations of targeting policies

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-174

  Hajdu, Flora ^a   Ansell, Nicola ^b   Robson, Elsbeth ^c   Van Blerk, Lorraine ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Human Geography ^*  (Sweden)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constraints; employment; intersectionality; livelihoods; orphans; policy; southern Africa; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; ORPHAN; POVERTY; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VILLAGE; VULNERABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

LESOTHO; MALAWI;

EID: 84885437129     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2013.11     Document Type: Article

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