Geographical targeting for poverty alleviation: An introduction to the special issue

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-145

  Bigman, David ^a   Fofack, Hippolyte ^b  

^a Intl Service for Natl Agr Res   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TARGETING;

EID: 0034079854     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/14.1.129     Document Type: Article

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