Shifting sands: The changing case for monetizing project food aid in Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2093-2104

  Dorosh, Paul A ^a   Haggblade, Steven ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural price policy; Bangladesh; Food aid; Food policy; Poverty; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD AID; FOOD POLICY; MONETISATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031462977     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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