The Best of Both Worlds: Producing National Statistics Using Participatory Methods

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-341

  Barahona, Carlos ^a   Levy, Sarah ^b  

^a Statistical Services Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Calibre Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; census; Malawi; national statistics; poverty; PRA

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846584017     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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