China's lagging poor areas

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Ravallion, Martin ^b   Jalan, Jyotsna ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002656214     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.301     Document Type: Article

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