What the World Bank means by poverty reduction, and why it matters

New Political Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-211

  Cammack, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; DEVELOPING WORLD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 4644232419     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356346042000218069     Document Type: Article

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