Women, food security, and development in less-industrialized societies: Contributions and challenges for the new century

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1807-1829

  Scanlan, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Hunger food security; Less industrialized societies; Women in development

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 13644280781     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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