General equilibrium approach for poverty analysis: With an application to Cameroon

African Development Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-243

  Decaluwe B ^a   Savard, Luc ^b   Thorbecke, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMPORT; POVERTY DETERMINANT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745198665     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1017-6772.2005.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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