Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty?

Economica

Volumn 65, Issue 257, 1998, Pages 17-38

  Datt, Gaurav ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MODELLING APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POVERTY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031776124     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00112     Document Type: Article

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