Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor in 20 Kenyan Villages

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-226

  Krishna, Anirudh ^a   Kristjanson, Patti ^b   Radeny, Maren ^c   Nindo, Wilson ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c ILRI   (Kenya)

^d Community based Investigations ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anti poverty policies; Causes of poverty; Chronic poverty; Comparative poverty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045160895     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464988042000225131     Document Type: Article

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