The impact of a food security program on household food consumption in Northwestern Ethiopia: A matching estimator approach

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-293

  Abebaw, Degnet ^a   Fentie, Yibeltal ^b   Kassa, Belay ^c  

^a Ethiopian Economics Association   (Ethiopia)

^b United Nations World Food Program   (Ethiopia)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food security; Program evaluation; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RURAL AREA;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77953612216     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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