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China's Growth and Poverty Reduction : Trends between 1990 and 1999 中国经济增长与减贫:1990 - 1999年的趋势

The Study of Finance and Economics Pub Date : 1999-11-30 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-2651

Shaohua Chen, Yan Wang

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