Poverty reduction efforts in Nigeria 1996 – 2004: a micro level analysis of the relative importance of income growth and redistribution
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Keywords
Income growth; distributional shift; poverty; household; pro-poor growth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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