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Breaking down rural and urban bias and interrogating spatial inequality, evidence from South Africa

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  • Zack Zimbalist, 2017. "Breaking down rural and urban bias and interrogating spatial inequality, evidence from South Africa," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35, pages 246-269, October.
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