Looking beyond averages in the trade and poverty debate

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1374-1392

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; globalization; inequality; Morocco; poverty; trade

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; POVERTY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE REFORM;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33746587515     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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