Financing agricultural research: international investment patterns and policy perspectives

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1057-1071

  Alston, Julian M ^a   Pardey, Philip G ^b   Roseboom, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Intl Service for Natl Agr Res   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL POLICY; PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE; PUBLIC SECTOR ROLE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH FUNDING;

EID: 0032100952     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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