Gender, poverty and demography: An overview

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-369

  Buvinic, Mayra ^a   Das gupta, Monica ^a   Casabonne, Ursula ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FERTILITY; GENDER ROLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION POLICY; POVERTY;

EID: 75849121072     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp013     Document Type: Article

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