The meaning of "social safety nets"

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 467-473

  Paitoonpong, Srawooth ^a   Abe, Shigeyuki ^b   Puopongsakorn, Nipon ^a  

^a Thailand Development Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian Financial Crisis; Poverty; Safety net

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449098718     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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