Is Targeting the Poor a Penalty on the Food Insecure? Poverty and Food Insecurity in India

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-107

  Suryanarayana, M H ^a   Silva, Dimitri ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^b International Poverty Centre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumption patterns; Food insecurity; India; Measures; Poverty; Safety nets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049151084     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880601101457     Document Type: Article

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