Assessing poverty and poverty alleviation: Evidence from West Bengal

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-212

  Williams, Glyn ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Entitlements; India (West Bengal); Poverty; Village study; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; INCOME; POVERTY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0032790499     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1999.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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