Poverty and access to roads in Papua New Guinea

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-185

  Gibson, John ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; POVERTY; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 1842802782     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380424     Document Type: Article

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