Methodological debate in poverty studies: Towards 'participatory qual - Quant'?

Development in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-288

  Thomas, Bejoy K ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methods

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY;

EID: 41249098663     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520801899218     Document Type: Review

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