Poverty and inequality in India: A re-examination

Reflections on the Right to Development

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 243-275

  Deaton, Angus ^a   Drèze, Jean ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 80051651923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9788132102144.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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