Giving to the poor? Targeting of food aid in rural Ethiopia

World Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 887-910

  Jayne, T S ^a   Strauss, John ^a   Yamano, Takashi ^a   Molla, Daniel ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Food aid; Food security; Poverty; Targeting

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; FOOD AID; RURAL AREA; TARGETING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0035001273     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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