Global extreme poverty rates for children, adults and the elderly

Economics Letters

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-407

  Batana, Yélé ^a   Bussolo, Maurizio ^a   Cockburn, John ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Elderly; Global poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879128965     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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