Social protection and poverty in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition: Implications of a household survey

International Social Security Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 47-68

  Habibov, Nazim ^a   Fan, Lida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 51249118878     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2007.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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