Droughts in Syria: An assessment of impacts and options for improving the resilience of the poor

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-49

  Al Riffai, Perrihan ^b   Breisinger, Clemens ^b   Verner, Dorte ^a   Zhu, Tingju ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Food security; Middle east and north africa; Poverty; Syria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FOOD SECURITY; GROWTH RATE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84872069695     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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