The ‘New Famines’
✍ Scribed by Stephen Devereux; Paul Howe; Luka Biong Deng
- Book ID
- 118084061
- Publisher
- Institute of Development Studies
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-5012
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