The impact of food for education programs on school participation in northern Uganda

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-218

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Gilligan, Daniel O ^b   Lehrer, Kim ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION POLICY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NUTRITION; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

UGANDA;

EID: 84866656300     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666949     Document Type: Article

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