Seeking guidelines for poverty reduction in rural Zambia

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1711-1723

  Alwang, Jeffrey ^a   Siegel, Paul B ^b   Jorgensen, Steen L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY REDUCTION; RURAL POVERTY; SMALLHOLDER SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0030427712     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(96)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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