Measuring multidimensional poverty: An empirical comparison of various approaches

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-174

  Deutsch, Joseph ^a   Silber, Jacques ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 27744527038     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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