Asset building and the escape from poverty: A new welfare policy debate

Asset Building and the Escape From Poverty: A New Welfare Policy Debate

Volumn 9789264104747, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-50

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DOI: 10.1787/9789264104747-en     Document Type: Book

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