The poverty transition: When, how and what next?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1099-1113

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute poverty; Poverty transition; Relative poverty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36849013533     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1387     Document Type: Article

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