Economic reforms and human development indicators in India

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-310

  Jha, Raghbendra ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human development indicators; Hunger; India; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349083219     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2008.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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