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Structural adjustment policies, income distribution and poverty: A review of the jamaican experience

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  • Handa, Sudhanshu & King, Damien, 1997. "Structural adjustment policies, income distribution and poverty: A review of the jamaican experience," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(6), pages 915-930, June.
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