Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Zambia during the 1990s
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- Neil McCulloch & Bob Baulch & Milasoa Cherel-Robson, 2001. "Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Zambia During the 1990s," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-123, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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poverty measurement; Zambia;JEL classification:
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
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