Risks and responses among the urban poor in India

Journal of International Development

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 957-967

  Kantor, Paula ^a   Nair, Padmaja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN ECONOMY;

INDIA;

EID: 0347535060     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1026     Document Type: Article

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