Comparative Perspectives on Child Poverty: A review of poverty measures

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-396

  White, Howard ^a   Leavy, Jennifer ^a   Masters, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of National Planning and Monitoring ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Child Development; Children; Education; Family; Health; Income Poverty; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086539058     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464988032000125755     Document Type: Review

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