Rural poverty: Why should states care and what can state policy do?

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Weber, Bruce A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY;

EID: 54349088759     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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