The Global Food Crisis: Disaster, Opportunity or Non-event? Household Level Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

World Development

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-196

  Dimova, Ralitza ^a,b   Gbakou, Monnet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Food price crisis; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 84876440778     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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