Women-headed households: Poorest of the poor? Perspectives from Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 26-48

  Chant, Sylvia ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1997.mp28003003.x     Document Type: Review

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