Work-disabling illness as a shock for livelihoods and poverty in Dhaka Slums, Bangladesh

International Planning Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-80

  Pryer, Jane ^a,b   Rogers, Stephen ^a   Rahman, Ataur ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PROSHIKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22144450342     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470500159261     Document Type: Article

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