Famine forecasting; Prices and peasant behaviour in Northern Ethiopia |
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Authors: | Cutler P |
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Institution: | Food Emergencies Research Unit International Disaster Institute/Department of Human Nutrition London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT, U.K |
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Abstract: | This paper, completed in January 1984, begins by briefly outlining the contrasting views of price behaviour during the last Ethiopian famine (1972–1974) put forward by Seaman and Holt (1980) and Sen (1981). A hypothesis is developed to account for peasant behaviour and price responses under developing famine conditions. This is then tested with data recently made available. The paper concludes by summarizing the findings and their implications for famine forecasting, and argues that famine conditions in Northern Ethiopia are likely to worsen during 1984. |
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Keywords: | Price behaviour Peasant behaviour Price responses Famine forecasting Famine conditions Northern Ethiopia |
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