Socioeconomic Stratification by Wealth Ranking: Is it Valid?

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1165-1172

  Adams, Alayne M ^a   Evans, Timothy G ^a   Mohammed, Rafi ^b   Farnsworth, Jennifer ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; WEALTH RANKING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031429411     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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