A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-368

  Mason, Nicole M ^a   Jayne, T S ^a   Chapoto, Antony ^b   Myers, Robert J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Food Security Research Project   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; food security; HIV AIDS; new variant famine hypothesis; rural livelihoods; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DROUGHT; ECONOMETRICS; FAMINE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PANEL DATA; RURAL AREA;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 75849156657     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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