The Construction of an Asset Index

Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moser, Caroline ^a   Felton, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset indices; Assets; Consumption; Developing countries; Households; Poverty assessment; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905735660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557547.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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