Constructing SAMs for development policy analysis: Lessons learned and challenges ahead

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-183

  Round, Jeffery I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balancing methods; Household accounts; Social accounting matrices

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS;

GHANA;

EID: 0042842472     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953531032000091153     Document Type: Article

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