Market analysis and transportation procurement for food aid in Ethiopia

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-219

  Rancourt, Marie Ève ^a   Bellavance, François ^b   Goentzel, Jarrod ^c  

^a Logistics and Transport   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Econometric model; Humanitarian logistics; Market analysis; Road infrastructure; Transportation procurement

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; FOOD AID; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; LOGISTICS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84905282393     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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