Overcoming poverty in old age: Social security provision in Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe revisited

International Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 816-827

  Dhemba, Jotham ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

Lesotho; old age pension; older persons; social security; South Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886617030     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872812446529     Document Type: Article

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