The Developing World's Bulging (but Vulnerable) Middle Class

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-454

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

economic growth; middle class; polarization; poverty

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 77049098859     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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