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Food Cost and Nutrient Availability in Urban Indonesia: Estimates for Food Policy Analysis

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  • Teklu, Tesfaye
  • Jensen, Helen H.

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Evaluating the effects of economic growth and the effectiveness of targeted government intervention requires identification of tarket groups and information on food and nutrient consumption patterns. A model of nutrient consumption linked to food choice behaviour is used to evaluate nutrient availability in urban Indonesia. Nutrient demand responses varied significantly across income levels

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  • Teklu, Tesfaye & Jensen, Helen H., 1989. "Food Cost and Nutrient Availability in Urban Indonesia: Estimates for Food Policy Analysis," ISU General Staff Papers 198901010800001332, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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