Food Aid and Informal Insurance

Insurance Against Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   Krishnan, Pramila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ethiopia; Food aid distribution; Household consumption; Informal risksharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920086427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199276838.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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