Assessing the impact on food security of alternative compensatory financing schemes: a simulation approach with an application to India

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1251-1265

  Diakosavvas, Dimitris ^a   Green, Christopher J ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATORY FINANCE; FINANCE PROVISION; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032122274     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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