The ambiguous impact of inequality on local resource management

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 773-788

  Baland, Jean Marie ^a   Platteau, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0032773853     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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