Recipients' Satisfaction with Locally Procured Food Aid Rations: Comparative Evidence from a Three Country Matched Survey

World Development

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-43

  Violette, William J ^a,b   Harou, Aurélie P ^b   Upton, Joanna B ^b   Bell, Samuel D ^b   Barrett, Christopher B ^b   Gómez, Miguel I ^b   Lentz, Erin C ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Food aid; Local and regional procurement; Ordered probit

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; COMMODITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNATIONAL AID; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879600605     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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