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Original Articles

The Caste/Ethnic Bases of Poverty Dynamics: A Longitudinal Analysis of Chronic and Structural Poverty in Nepal

Pages 1430-1451 | Received 06 Aug 2015, Accepted 20 Jul 2016, Published online: 16 Oct 2016

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