OPHI WORKING PAPER NO. 10 Multidimensional Poverty Measures from an Information Theory Perspective
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Copyright © Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2009 1 Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK; e-mail: [email protected]: 2 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. This study has been prepared within the OPHI theme on multidimensional poverty. OPHI gratefully acknowledges support for its research and activities from the Government of Canada through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). ISSN 2040-8188 ISBN 978-1-907194-06-1 OPHI WORKING PAPER NO. 10
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