Economic diversification and poverty in rural India

Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-374

  Kijima, Yoko ^a   Lanjouw, Peter ^b  

^a International Development Research Institute Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development   (Japan)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVEY; SURVEY BY SUBJECT OR DISCIPLINE;

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

EID: 24944490578     PISSN: 09717927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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