Poverty and deprivation among children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Menchini, Leonardo ^a   Redmond, Gerry ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Child poverty; Deprivation; Eastern Europe; Millennium development goals; Poverty measures; Relative poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549105083     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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