Pro-poor growth, poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-539

  Kang, Woojin ^a,b   Imai, Katsushi S ^c  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ethnic minority; Growth; Inequality; Poverty; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864536802     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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