Are there dynamic gains from a poor-area development program?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-85

  Jalan, Jyotsna ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption growth; D91; I38; Poor area development; R13; Rural China; Spatial interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031637909     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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