Economic growth and human development

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-219

  Ranis, Gustav ^a   Stewart, Frances ^b   Ramirez, Alejandro ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Education; Health; Human development; Income distribution; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY;

EID: 0034096724     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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