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Let's Stop Trying to Quantify Household Vulnerability: The Problem With Simple Scales for Targeting and Evaluating Economic Strengthening Programs

Whitney M Moret
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2018, 6(1):150-160; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00291
Whitney M Moret
aFHI 360, Washington, DC, USA.
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vol. 6 no. 1 150-160
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https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00291
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29496734

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2169-575X
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  • Received: July 26, 2017
  • Accepted: December 19, 2017
  • Published online March 30, 2018.

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  1. aFHI 360, Washington, DC, USA.
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