Equity: Not only for idealists

Development Policy Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-13

  Haddad, Lawrence ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Idealists; Policy; Politics; Pragmatists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914129013     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12089     Document Type: Article

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