Targeting to the 'poor': Clogged pipes and bureaucratic blinkers

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 26-27, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Jhabvala, Renana ^a   Standing, Guy ^b  

^a SEWA Bharat ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80455133126     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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