How well can method substitute for data? Five experiments in poverty analysis

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-221

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ACCURACY; DATA RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POLICY IMPLICATION; POVERTY ANALYSIS; POVERTY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030434172     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/11.2.199     Document Type: Article

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