How did the world's poorest fare in the 1990s?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-300

  Chen, Shaohua ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0035597246     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00018     Document Type: Article

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