Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 417-446

  Alkire, Sabina ^a   Seth, Suman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Below the poverty line (BPL); Binary scoring; Multidimensional poverty; Poverty in India; Socio Economic Caste Census; Targeting methods

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CASTE SYSTEM; CENSUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TARGETING;

INDIA;

EID: 84876946436     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0254-6     Document Type: Article

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