Defining poverty and identifying the poor: Reflections on the australian experience

Experiencing Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 5-25

  Saunders, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85045708459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315196312     Document Type: Chapter

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