The Indian Public Distribution System as provider of food security: Evidence from child nutrition in Andhra Pradesh

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1305-1330

  Tarozzi, Alessandro ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Food policy; In kind transfers; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13444302521     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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