Mapped in or mapped out? The Romanian poor in inter-household and community networks

World Bank Working Paper

Volumn , Issue 34, 2004, Pages 1-89

  Amelina, Maria ^a   Chiribuca, Dan ^b   Knack, Stephen ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12444260759     PISSN: 17265878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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