Are millennium goals of poverty reduction useful?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-84

  Gaiha, Raghav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 0037363802     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081032000047195     Document Type: Article

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