A framework to measure the relative socio-economic performance of developing countries

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-88

  Adler, Nicole ^a   Yazhemsky, Ekaterina ^a   Tarverdyan, Ruzanana ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Human development index; Millennium development goals; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; HUMAN RIGHTS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

LATIN AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 76949104636     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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