A new sustainable human development indicator for small island developing states: A reappraisal from data envelopment analysis

Economic Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 623-635

  Blancard, Stéphane ^a   Hoarau, Jean François ^b  

^a Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; HDI; Insularity; Sustainable development; Vulnerability; Weighting system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870675290     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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