Microdeterminants of consumption, poverty, growth, and inequality in Bangladesh

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1337-1352

  Wodon, Quentin T ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033885368     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400404498     Document Type: Article

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