A quantitative analysis of poverty and livelihood profiles: The case of rural Rwanda

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 584-598

  Ansoms, An ^a   McKay, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Cluster analysis; Livelihoods; Poverty reduction policy; Rural poverty; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY;

RWANDA;

EID: 77957816993     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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