The World Bank Research Observer 16(2)

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collection.link.103	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2212
collection.name.103	B. World Bank Research Observer
dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.contributor.editor	Devarajan, Shantayanan
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-19T20:49:11Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-19T20:49:11Z
dc.date.issued	2001-09
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:03:11Z
dc.description.abstract	Counting the world's poor: problems and possible solutions; by Angus Deaton. Comments on "counting the world's poor"; by Martin Ravallion, and T. N. Srinivasan. Ecology, history, and development : a perspective from rural Southeast Asia; by Yujiro Hayami. Productivity growth and sustainability in post-green revolution agriculture: the case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjab; by Rinku Murgai, Mubarik Ali, and Derek Byerlee. The politics of Russian enterprise reform: insiders, local governments, and the obstacles to restructuring; by Raj M. Desai and Itzhak Goldberg.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1660252/world-bank-research-observer-16-2
dc.identifier.issn	0257-3032
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14037
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Cary, NC: Oxford University Press and the World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ADVERTISING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AVERAGE CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	AVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subject	DATA COLLECTION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	ECOLOGY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMISTS
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL BASIS
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE SURVEY
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HEALTH
dc.subject	HEALTH SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INCOME POVERTY
dc.subject	INCREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY
dc.subject	LOCAL CURRENCY
dc.subject	LONG TERM
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	MEASURED POVERTY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject	NATIONAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	PER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subject	POLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	POVERTY RATES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	RAPID GROWTH
dc.subject	REAL TERMS
dc.subject	REDUCED POVERTY
dc.subject	RELATIVE POVERTY
dc.subject	RELATIVE PRICES
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL PEOPLE
dc.subject	URBAN WORKERS POVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subject	POVERTY DEPTH
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	ECOLOGY
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	CASE STUDIES
dc.subject	ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
dc.subject	REFORM POLICY
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	RESEARCH ECONOMICS
dc.title	The World Bank Research Observer 16(2)	en
dc.type	Journal	en
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Journal Article
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1660252/world-bank-research-observer-16-2
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Environment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.report	23416
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic	Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Assessment
okr.topic	Governance :: Governance Indicators
okr.topic	Environment
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.unit	Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume	16(2)

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