Poverty dynamics revealed in production performance and forestry in improving livelihoods: The case of West Anhui, China

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 391-401

  Liu, Can ^a   Yin, Runsheng ^b  

^a China Natl Forest Econ Devmt R   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Malmquist index method; Poverty reduction; Sustainable livelihoods; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; POVERTY DYNAMICS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS;

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 2442568877     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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