Recent Social Policy Developments in Africa

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African Union (2004) Declaration on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa, Assembly of the African Union Third Extraordinary Session on Employment and Poverty Alleviation, 8-9 September 2004, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso .

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