Global Poverty Estimates: A Sensitivity Analysis

World Development

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-13

  Dhongde, Shatakshee ^a   Minoiu, Camelia ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Global poverty; Household surveys; Income distribution; National accounts; Nonparametrics; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875215254     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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