Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach

Global child poverty and well-being: Measurement, concepts, policy and action

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 135-154

  Barnes, Helen ^a   Wright, Gemma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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