Predicting household poverty: A methodological note with a Kenyan example

African Development Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-85

  Mwabu, Germano ^a,b   Kimenyi, Mwangi S ^b   Kimalu, Paul K ^b   Nafula, Nancy ^b   Manda, Damiano Kulundu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Inst of Plcy Analysis and Research   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; METHODOLOGY;

KENYA;

EID: 0041409918     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.00064     Document Type: Article

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