Economic growth, poverty, and inequality in Indian states in the pre-reform and reform periods

Asian Development Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-99

  Bhanumurthy, N R ^a   Mitra, Arup ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21344472329     PISSN: 01161105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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