Table Of ContentGender, Growth, and Poverty Reduction :
Special Program of Assistance for Africa,
title: 1998 Status Report On Poverty in Sub-
Saharan Africa World Bank Technical Paper
; No. 428
author: Blackden, C. Mark.; Bhanu, Chitra
publisher: World Bank
isbn10 | asin: 0821344684
print isbn13: 9780821344682
ebook isbn13: 9780585261157
language: English
Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women--
subject
Africa, Sub--Economic conditions.
publication date: 1999
lcc: HC800.Z9P623 1999eb
ddc: 362.5/0967
Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women--
subject: Africa, Sub--Economic conditions.
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Gender, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Special Program of Assistance for Africa,
1998 Status Report on Poverty in
Sub-Saharan Africa
WORLD BANK TECHNICAL PAPER NO.428
G. Mark Blackden
Chitra Bhanu
in collaboration with the Poverty and Social Policy Working Group of
the Special Program of Assistance for Africa
The World Bank
Washington, D.C.
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