Some urban facts of life: Implications for research and policy

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1917-1938

  Ruel, Marie T ^a   Haddad, Lawrence ^a   Garrett, James L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Food security; Nutrition; Urban

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032729033     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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