Impacts of in-kind transfers on household food consumption: Evidence from targeted food programmes in Bangladesh

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-78

  Del Ninno, Carlo ^a   Dorosh, Paul A ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; TARGETING; WHEAT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0344272258     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331293667     Document Type: Article

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