Targeting social assistance in Azerbaijan: What can we learn from micro-data?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-354

  Fan, Lida ^a   Habibov, Nazim ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Poverty; Public assistance; Social protection; Social welfare; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249091975     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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