The demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-162

  de Walque, D ^a   Verwimp, P ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENOCIDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN CAPITAL; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

RWANDA;

EID: 77952633588     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejp029     Document Type: Article

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