Attacking poverty in Papua New Guinea, but for how long?

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 33-41

  Gibson, John ^a   Olivia, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0036902864     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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