Food Aid Dependency in Northeastern Ethiopia: Myth or Reality?

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 860-874

  Little, Peter D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; food aid; food security; political economy; poverty

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; FOOD AID; FOOD SECURITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41749098808     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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