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Devising Socioeconomic Status–Based Policies for Poverty Alleviation

No Poverty

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    A. B. M. Abdullah

  2. Department of Humanities and Social Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad, India

    Md Zakaria Siddiqui

  3. UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Md Wahid Murad

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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    Fernanda Frankenberger

  2. Business School, PUCPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

    Fernanda Frankenberger

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Abdullah, A.B.M., Md Zakaria Siddiqui, Md Wahid Murad (2020). Devising Socioeconomic Status–Based Policies for Poverty Alleviation. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_102-1

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    Devising Socioeconomic Status–Based Policies for Poverty Alleviation
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_102-2

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