How have the world's poorest fared since the early 1980s?

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-169

  Chen, Shaohua ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 4644243256     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkh020     Document Type: Article

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