Price trends and income inequalities: Will Sub-Saharan Africa reduce the gap?

African Development Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-54

  Caracciolo, Francesco ^a   Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ETHIOPIA; GHANA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84879708386     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2013.12012.x     Document Type: Article

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