Measuring multidimensional aspiration gaps: A means to understanding cultural aspects of poverty

Development Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-633

  Copestake, James ^a,b   Camfield, Laura ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Bangladesh; Culture; Life goals; Peru; Poverty; Subjective well being; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WELFARE IMPACT;

BANGLADESH; PERU; THAILAND;

EID: 77955254286     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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