A validity assessment of the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)™

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-18

  Desiere, Sam ^a   Vellema, Wytse ^a   D'Haese, Marijke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Expenditure poverty; Impact evaluation; Poverty measurement; Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) ; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

RWANDA;

FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84911904483     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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