Household coping in war- and peacetime: Cattle sales in Rwanda, 1991-2001

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-86

  Verpoorten, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffer stock model; Cattle; Coping strategies; Rwanda; Violent conflict

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CIVIL WAR; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COPING STRATEGY; GENOCIDE; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 53849120549     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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