Poverty Measurement Blues

Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  du Toit, Andries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Econometric imaginary; Poverty assessment; Poverty dynamics; Qualitative research; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919668481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557547.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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