Ex-Ante actions and ex-post public responses to drought shocks: Evidence and simulations from Zimbabwe

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1239-1255

  Owens, T Trudy ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b,c   Kinsey, Bill ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aid; Drought; Poverty; Sub Saharan Africa; Targeting; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AID; COPING STRATEGY; DROUGHT; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TARGETING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0038684500     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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