Improved Poverty Analysis: Early Warning System For Food Shortages

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 23:21 in Mathematics & Economics

In areas of extreme poverty it is often difficult to determine the standard of living. During her doctoral research in Uganda, Nicky Pouw developed a method to analyze relatively simple material and immaterial possessions that can serve, for example, as an early warning system for food shortages.

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