The political economy of urban food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1939-1953

  Maxwell, Daniel ^a  

^a CARE International   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032702662     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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