Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries

World Development

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 232-249

  Alkire, Sabina ^a   Roche, José Manuel ^b   Vaz, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multidimensional poverty; poverty analysis; poverty trends

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85014728113     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.011     Document Type: Article

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