Community poverty and inequality in western China: A tale of three villages in Guizhou Province

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-349

  XING, Li ^a   FAN, Shenggen ^a,b   LUO, Xiaopeng ^c,d   ZHang, Xiaobo ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI)   (China)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Inequality; Poverty; Rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349128315     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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