Tanzania's soil wealth

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-356

  Brekke, Kjell Arne ^a   Iversen, Vegard ^b   Aune, Jens B ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 0347080163     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X99000224     Document Type: Article

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