The Other War: Global Poverty And The Millennium Challenge Account

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Book Title: The Other War: Global Poverty And The Millennium Challenge A...

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Other War : Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Item Height: 0.7 in

Publication Year: 2003

Subject: Developing & Emerging Countries, Poverty & Homelessness, International Relations / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, International Relations / Diplomacy

Features: Revised

Item Weight: 13.6 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science

Author: Carol L. Graham, Nigel Purvis, Lael Brainard

Item Length: 9.1 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback