Irrigation, poverty and inequality in rural China

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-175

  Huang, Qiuqiong ^a   Dawe, David ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^a   Huang, Jikun ^c   Wang, Jinxia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Income; Inequality; Irrigation; Poverty; Rural China

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 21844452437     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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