Global food-price shocks and poor people - an overview;Chocs mondiaux des prix des produits alimentaires et personnes pauvres: Un aperçu

Development in Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 460-471

  Cohen, Marc J ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b McKnight Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Globalisation; Labour and livelihoods

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; HUNGER; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ASIA;

EID: 80053216668     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2011.561291     Document Type: Article

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