What can new survey data tell us about recent changes in distribution and poverty?

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-382

  Ravallion, Martin ^a   Chen, Shaohua ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY INCIDENCE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031420593     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/11.2.357     Document Type: Article

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