Evaluating projects that are potentially eligible for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) funding in the South African context: A case study to establish weighting values for sustainable development criteria

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-649

  Brent, Alan C ^a   Heuberger, Renat ^b   Manzini, Dumisani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 27144461137     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X05002366     Document Type: Article

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