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Chakravarty, S.R. (2006). An Axiomatic Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement via Fuzzy Sets. In: Lemmi, A., Betti, G. (eds) Fuzzy Set Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34251-1_4
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