Pro-poor growth: explaining the cross-country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty

International Journal of Development Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-176

  Chhibber, Ajay ^a   Nayyar, Gaurav ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic growth; Economic policy; Poverty; Wealth and income

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015688600     PISSN: 14468956     EISSN: 17588553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14468950810909123     Document Type: Article

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