How remote are Vietnam's ethnic minorities? An analysis of spatial patterns of poverty and inequality

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-368

  Epprecht, Michael ^a   Müller, Daniel ^b,c   Minot, Nicholas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79952036708     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0330-7     Document Type: Article

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