Development Southern Africa 22.4k citations
1.9k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Topics Urban and Rural Development Challenges Legal Issues in South Africa Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Development Southern Africa
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Sociology and Political Science 7.3k Economics and Econometrics 4.9k Urban Studies 2.5k General Health Professions 2.4k Political Science and International Relations 2.3k Development in Practice United Kingdom
The Journal of Modern African Studies United States
IDS Bulletin United States
Development Policy Review United Kingdom
Economy and Society United Kingdom
European Journal of Development Research United Kingdom
Society & Natural Resources United States
International Journal of Social Economics United States
Journal of International Development United Kingdom
Review of African Political Economy United Kingdom
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About Development Southern Africa The 1.9k papers published in Development Southern Africa in the last decades have received a total of 22.4k indexed citations . Papers published in Development Southern Africa usually cover Business and International Management (97 papers), Urban Studies (254 papers) and Safety Research (247 papers) specifically the topics of Urban and Rural Development Challenges (241 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (237 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (236 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Development Southern Africa are Christian M. Rogerson , Ralph Hamann , Dorrit Posel , Ephraim Chirwa , Charlie M. Shackleton , Johann F. Kirsten , Servaas van der Berg , Derek Yu , Ingrid Woolard and Ben Cousins .
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