Social Protection in Africa: Evidence, Politics and Rights

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 53-77

  Devereux, Stephen ^a   White, Philip ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; international aid; nongovernmental organizations; politics; social protection; social transfers; southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055409196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-2858.1078     Document Type: Article

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