Review essay, “The 2006 world development report: Equity and development”
✍ Scribed by John E. Roemer
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1569-1721
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