Overcoming apartheid's legacy: the ascendancy of neoliberalism in South Africa's anti-poverty strategy.
Poverty in South Africa is intertwined with a host of social and economic issues. The burden of poverty is exacerbated by limited access to basic services, poor housing, limited employment opportunities and inadequate infrastructure, which are an outcome of the terrible legacies of apartheid. During...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 505 - 528 |
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Aug2001
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