Poverty effects of higher food prices: A global perspective

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-402

  de Hoyos, Rafael E ^a   Medvedev, Denis ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD MARKET; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 79960550190     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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