Introduction

The Capability Approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-25

  Alkire, Sabina ^a   Qizilbash, Mozaffar ^b   Comim, Flavio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049313523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492587.001     Document Type: Editorial

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