The state and path of poverty in sub-saharan Africa: Some preliminary results

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 9-40

  All, All Abdel Gadir ^a,b   Thorbecke, Erik ^a,b  

^a Economic Commission for Africa   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033939369     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jafeco/9.supplement_1.9     Document Type: Article

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