A multidimensional profile of child poverty in Congo Brazzaville

Global child poverty and well-being: Measurement, concepts, policy and action

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 287-305

  Notten, Geranda ^a   de Neubourg, Chris ^b   Makosso, Bethuel ^c   Mpoue, Alain Beltran ^d  

^a Graduate School of Public and International Affairs   (Canada)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Marien Ngouabi University   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

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