Drought and saving in West Africa: are livestock a buffer stock?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-305

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a,b   Udry, Christopher ^a   Czukas, Katherine ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL ECONOMY; SAVINGS LEVEL;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0032052392     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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