Why growth is not enough: Household poverty dynamics in northeast Gujarat, India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1163-1192

  Krishna, Anirudh ^a   Kapila, Mahesh ^b   Porwal, Mahendra ^b   Singh, Virpal ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chitra Management Services   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

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

EID: 27644550008     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500170865     Document Type: Article

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