Income inequality, welfare and poverty in Ukraine

Development and Change

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 663-691

  Kakwani, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Academy of Social Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CRISIS; INCOME INEQUALITY; LIVING STANDARDS; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0030432468     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1996.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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