Toward an improved definition of poverty

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-301

  O’Boyle, Edward J ^a  

^a Genomics Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute poverty; Relative poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001617127     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769900000003     Document Type: Article

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