Has world poverty really fallen?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 484-502

  Reddy, Sanjay G ^a,b   Minoiu, Camelia ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 34548312503     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00240.x     Document Type: Review

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