Assessing the extent and nature of chronic poverty in low income countries: Issues and evidence

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-439

  McKay, Andrew ^a   Lawson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic poverty; Low income countries; Panel data

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STANDARD OF LIVING;

EID: 0037339845     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00221-8     Document Type: Article

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