Do we know how much poverty there is?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-558

  Székely, Miguel ^a   Lustig, Nora ^b   Cumpa, Martín ^c   Mejía, José Antonio ^c  

^a Secretaria de Desarrollo Social   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDEX METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY;

EID: 10944252971     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000293335     Document Type: Article

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