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Water, Workfare and Poverty: The Impact of the Working for Water Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction

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  • R. Hope, 2006. "Water, Workfare and Poverty: The Impact of the Working for Water Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 139-156, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:8:y:2006:i:1:p:139-156
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-005-1780-4
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    1. Teklu, Tesfaye, 1995. "Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2020 vision briefs 28, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. K. Subbarao, 1997. "Public Works as an Anti-Poverty Program: An Overview of Cross-Country Experience," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 79(2), pages 678-683.
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    3. Andrea Buch & Alan B. Dixon, 2009. "South Africa's working for water programme: searching for win-win outcomes for people and the environment," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(3), pages 129-141.

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