Rethinking poverty through the eyes of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

International Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-202

  Blackmon, Pamela ^a  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; IMF; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD BANK;

EID: 43749102704     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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