Food prices, household income, and resource allocation: Socioeconomic perspectives on their effects on dietary quality and nutritional status

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Bouis, Howarth E ^a,c   Eozenou, Patrick ^a   Rahman, Aminur ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^c HarvestPlus   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Food intakes; Food prices; Household income; Household resource allocation; Intrahousehold food distribution; Lowerincome countries; Micronutrient deficiency; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; DIET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MALNUTRITION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 79959477964     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265110321s103     Document Type: Article

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