Counting Heads or Counting Televisions: Can Asset‐based Measures of Welfare Assist Policy‐makers in Russia?

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-147

  Wall, Martin ^a   Johnston, Deborah ^a  

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Author keywords

Asset index; Poverty; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862181307     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880701811468     Document Type: Article

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