On the targeting of the employment guarantee scheme in the Indian state of Maharashtra

Economics of Planning

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-219

  Gaiha, Raghav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Design and implementation; Poverty alleviation; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; TARGETING;

INDIA;

EID: 0033693575     PISSN: 00130451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003923230196     Document Type: Article

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