Land degradation, agricultural productivity and common property: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-34

  Ahuja, Vinod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

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EID: 0002855949     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X98000023     Document Type: Article

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