Where Do The Poor Live?

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 865-877

  Sumner, Andy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequality; Low income countries; Middle income countries; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AID; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858617020     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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