Income-based estimates vs consumptionbased estimates of poverty: Evidence from rural Tamil Nadu after liberalization

The Changing Identity of Rural India: A Socio-Historic Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-149

  Cavalcante, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.7135/UPO9781843318231.007     Document Type: Chapter

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