Poverty Estimates and Poverty-Reducing Strategies for the Developing Economy

Contemporary Economic Issues in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 75-96

  Gafar, John ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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