Decentralizing eligibility for a federal antipoverty program: A case study for China

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62149121631     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhn023     Document Type: Article

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