Composite Indices, Alternative Weights, and Comparison Robustness

Composite indices are widely used and can be highly influential. Yet most remain controversial owing to inter alia the arbitrary selection of component weights. Several studies have proposed testing the robustness of rankings generated by composite indices with respect to alternative weights but hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seth, S, McGillivray, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2016