The Importance of Reliability and Construct Validity in Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: An Illustration Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America (MPI-LA)
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-0388,1743-9140
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2019.1663176