Assessing the performance of the least developed countries in terms of the Millennium Development Goals
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.09.009
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Human development; Poverty; Millennium development goals; Least developed countries; Composite indices; Africa;All these keywords.
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