Heterogeneous pro-poor targeting in the national rural employment guarantee scheme

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 46-53

  Liu, Yanyan ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84875489433     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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