Macroeconomics and Famine.

The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement-i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may give ris...

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Collectivité auteur: International Monetary Fund
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/025
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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