How to identify the poor? A proposal

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Mehrotra, Santosh ^a   Mander, Harsh ^b  

^a Planning Commission India   (India)

^b Supreme Court of India on the Right to Food   (India)

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EID: 84894065306     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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