Poverty and neo-liberal bias in the Middle East and North Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-695

  Bush, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7244247063     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2004.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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