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Food energy intake and cost of basic needs: Measuring poverty in Bangladesh.
- Source :
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Journal of Development Studies . Dec97, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p66. 36p. 6 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Presents a study which measured poverty in Bangladesh based on the food energy intake and cost of basic needs methods. Introduction of the energy intake method used by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics for setting poverty lines; Comparison between the food intake method and the cost of basic needs methods; Estimation of the impact of household characteristics on the probability of being poor.
- Subjects :
- *POVERTY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220388
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Development Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 276725
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220389708422512