Accounting for nutritional changes in six success stories: A regression-decomposition approach

Global Food Security

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages 12-20

  Headey, Derek ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b   Park, Seollee ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethiopia; Nepal; Nutrition; Senegal; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013477730     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.02.003     Document Type: Review

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