Benefits and Costs of the Food and Nutrition Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 367-374

  Horton, Susan ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 85141036370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/9781108233767.022     Document Type: Chapter

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