Poverty in Russia during the transition: An overview

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-58

  Klugman, Jeni ^a,b,c   Braithwaite, Jeanine ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POST-COMMUNISM; POVERTY INCIDENCE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031843684     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/13.1.37     Document Type: Review

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