A human rights-based approach to poverty: The South African experience

The Many Dimensions of Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 165-183

  Jansen van Rensburg, Linda ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 85009383602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230592407     Document Type: Chapter

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