What are these new poverty estimates and what do they imply?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Himanshu, ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 77952418035     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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