The food retail revolution in poor countries: Is it coming or is it over?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-789

  Minten, Bart ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FEMALE; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR; RETAILING; URBANIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 47149104843     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588168     Document Type: Article

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