The unfinished agenda: Indian agriculture under the structural reforms

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-286

  Storm, Servaas ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Indian development strategy; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; TRADE LIBERALISATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0031410669     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: 14699559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638199700000016     Document Type: Article

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