Hasan, Zubair (1997): Fulfilmen of Basic Needs: Concept, Measurement and Muslim Countries’ Performance. Published in: IIUM Journal of Economics and Management , Vol. 5, No. 2 (1997): pp. 1-38.
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This paper adopts a relative approach to the fulfillment of basic needs. It constructs a basic needs gap index (BNGI)to measure the performance of selected Muslim countries at three points of time 1987, 1991, and 1994
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Institution: | International Islamic University of Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Basic needs; absolute and relative concepts; measurement; Basic needs gap index |
| Subjects: | D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory |
| ID Code: | 3123 |
| Deposited By: | Zubair Hasan |
| Deposited On: | 09. May 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 07. Nov 2007 02:59 |
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