Famine scales: Towards an instrumental definition of 'famine'

The New Famines: Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 27-49

  Howe, Paul ^a   Devereux, Stephen ^b  

^a United Nations World Food Programme   (Italy)

^b Institute of Development Studies   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905884292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203014424     Document Type: Chapter

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