Composite Indices of Development and Poverty: An Application to MDGs

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  de Muro, Pasquale ^a   Mazziotta, Matteo ^b   Pareto, Adriano ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indices; Development; Poverty; Ranking

Indexed keywords

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INDEX METHOD; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 80052263474     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9727-z     Document Type: Article

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