Economic and non-economic determinants of poverty in developing countries: Competing theories and empirical evidence

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-285

  Tsai, Ming Chang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwanese Sociological Association   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

EID: 33750682700     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2006.9669148     Document Type: Article

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