The sensitivity of international poverty comparisons

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-472

  Blackburn, Mckinley L ^a  

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EID: 0032252844     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00293.x     Document Type: Article

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