Disability and poverty: A survey of World Bank Poverty Assessments and implications

Alter

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-232

  Braithwaite, Jeanine ^a   Mont, Daniel ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Equivalence scale; Poverty; Poverty line

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67849133337     PISSN: 18750672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alter.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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