Food Insecurity, Safety Nets, and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multi-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Dasgupta, Shouro & Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z., 2021. "Food insecurity, safety nets, and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-country evidence from sub-saharan Africa," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 112194, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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COVID-19; food insecurity; multi-country; socioeconomic determinants;All these keywords.
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- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
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