Revisiting growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia: What do subnational data show?

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-351

  Balisacan, Arsenio M ^a   Pernia, Ernesto M ^b   Asra, Abuzar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0346973921     PISSN: 00074918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007491032000142782     Document Type: Article

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