A social statistics system for the millennium development goals?

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-242

  Wold, Bjørn K ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Impact monitoring; Millennium Development Goals; Policy analysis; Poverty reduction; Social statistics; Statistical system

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC POLICY; POST-WAR; POVERTY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 22444437610     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2005.9666306     Document Type: Article

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