Managing food price instability in Asia: A macro food security perspective

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Timmer, C Peter ^a   David, Dawe ^b  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization FAO   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Food price stabilization; Rice; Structuraltransformation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; MACROECONOMICS; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33947611983     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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