Chinese poverty: Assessing the impact of alternative assumptions

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-596

  Minoiu, Camelia ^a   Reddy, Sanjay G ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 56049111102     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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