On the persistence of poverty in rural India

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-314

  Gaiha, Raghav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 0032454399     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.1998.9669752     Document Type: Article

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