Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Deotti, Laura - In: Revue d’économie du développement 22 (2014) 1, pp. 5-36
Between March and August 2005 Niger was hit by a doubling of millet prices and a sharp rise in the number of severely malnourished children admitted to feeding centres. The extent and causes of such crisis remain controversial. The paper reviews the evidence in this regard in the light of the...