Income Elasticity of Poverty: Estimates for South Asian Countries
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عنوان ژورنال: The Economics and Finance Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2312-6310,2312-430X
DOI: 10.18488/journal.29/2015.2.1/29.1.1.7