Escaping the poverty trap in a developing rural economy

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-139

  Hung, Nguyen Manh ^a   Makdissi, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 1942507407     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2004.006_1.x     Document Type: Article

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