AGRICULTURAL EXPORT BOOMS AND THE RURAL POOR IN CHILE, GUATEMALA, AND PARAGUAY

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-65

  Carter, Michael R ^a   Barham, Bradford L ^a   Mesbah, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS; LAND ACCESS; RURAL POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0029730511     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0023879100017738     Document Type: Article

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