Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Assessing Chronic Poverty: The Case of Rwanda

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-211

  Howe, Gerard ^a   McKay, Andrew ^b  

^a Department for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic poverty; household surveys; mixed methods; participatory poverty assessment; Rwanda; SubSaharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846607266     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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