The odds of achieving the MDGs

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-184

  Go, Delfin S ^a   Quijada, José Alejandro ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL;

EID: 84864942594     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lks005     Document Type: Article

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