Public works as an anti-poverty program: An overview of cross-country experience

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 678-683

  Subbarao, K ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0031415401     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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