Institutions and poverty

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1066

  Tebaldi, Edinaldo ^a   Mohan, Ramesh ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954695572     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380903012730     Document Type: Article

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