Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
โ Scribed by Nanak Kakwani, Jacques Silber
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 290
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This is a unique book on the most important quantitative approaches to multidimensional poverty measurement, gathering in one place the various techniques of measurement, as well as offering both a simple introduction to the non-specialist reader of each quantitative approach and an illustration based on empirical applications to various countries.
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