Priority regimes and famine

The New Famines: Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 336-362

  Howe, Paul ^a  

^a United Nations World Food Programme   (Italy)

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EID: 70949090563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203014424     Document Type: Chapter

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