On measuring aggregate "social efficiency"

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-292

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 14644430980     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425380     Document Type: Article

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