New evidence on the urbanization of global poverty

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-701

  Ravallion, Martin ^a   Chen, Shaohua ^a   Sangraula, Prem ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 36948998785     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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