Missing Millions and Measuring Development Progress

World Development

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-44

  Carr Hill, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accurate population counts; Household surveys; Inequalities; Invisible populations; Measurement of poverty; Millenium development goals

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

EID: 84876423555     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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