The national provident fund model: An analytical and evaluative reassessment

International Social Security Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 43-57

  Mc Kinnon, Roddy ^a   Charlton, Roger ^a   Munro, Harry T ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986093906     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1997.tb01066.x     Document Type: Article

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