Robust multidimensional spatial poverty comparisons in Ghana, Madagascar, and Uganda

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-113

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a   Sahn, David ^b   Younger, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GHANA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744945063     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhj005     Document Type: Article

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