'Just like working for the Dole': Rural households, export crops and state subsidies in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 40-78

  MacWilliam, Scott ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT CROPS; LABOUR ABSORPTION; STATE SUBSIDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0029797791     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159608438619     Document Type: Article

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