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Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber (eds): Quantitative approaches to multidimensionnal poverty measurement

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Gravel, N. Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber (eds): Quantitative approaches to multidimensionnal poverty measurement. Soc Choice Welf 35, 337–343 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-010-0444-y

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