Using an Asset Index to Assess Trends in Poverty in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1130

  Booysen, Frikkie ^a   van der Berg, Servaas ^b   Burger, Ronelle ^b   Maltitz, Michael von ^a   Rand, Gideon du ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; asset index; multiple correspondence analysis; poverty

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 43249118564     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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