Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement Issues using Income and Non-Income Indicators

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-445

  Klasen, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolivia; inequality; Latin America; millennium development goals; non income poverty; pro poor growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

BOLIVIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39149134575     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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