Child Poverty in an Emergency and Conflict Context: A Multidimensional Profile and an Identification of the Poorest Children in Western Darfur

World Development

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-70

  Trani, Jean François ^a,b   Cannings, Tim I ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Darfur; Disability; Multidimensional poverty; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DISABILITY; HUMANITARIAN AID; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

SUDAN; WESTERN DARFUR;

EID: 84879021834     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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