The Changing Nature of Urban Poverty in China

Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Riskin, Carl ^a,b   Gao, Qin ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; social benefits; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855236005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199558032.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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