Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-379

  Van De Walle, Dominique ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy evaluation; Poverty; Public expenditures; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARDS; POVERTY INCIDENCE; PUBLIC EXPENDITURE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031903060     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10064-X     Document Type: Article

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