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Misplaced Expectations? The Experience of Applied Local Economic Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Etienne Nel Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tony Binns Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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David Bek Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Pages 224-237 | Published online: 20 May 2009

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