The Timeliness and Cost-Effectiveness of the Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid

World Development

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-18

  Lentz, Erin C ^a,b   Passarelli, Simone ^b   Barrett, Christopher B ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Food assistance; Foreign aid; Humanitarian aid

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; COMMODITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879604276     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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