Brazil's Bolsa Família: A double-edged sword?

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 799-822

  Hall, Anthony ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55649095309     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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