Current approaches to social protection in China

Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and South Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 44-58

  Zhu, Yapeng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84907505222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781953952.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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