The Human Development Index: Some technical issues and alternative indices

Journal of International Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 589-605

  Noorbakhsh, Farhad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000665551     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199807/08)10:5<589::AID-JID484>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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