Social and environmental impacts of World Bank/IMF-funded economic restructuring in Bolivia: An analysis of enron and shell's hydrocarbons projects

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-303

  Hindery, Derrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Decentralisation; Economic restructuring; Enron; Gas; Indigenous peoples; World Bank

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS PIPELINE; IMF; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; WORLD BANK;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244237642     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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