Big is ugly? How large-scale institutions prevent famines in Western India

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2067-2083

  Attwood, Donald W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Famines; Food security; Globalization; India; Irrigation; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; FOOD SECURITY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 28244435717     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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