Transport, poverty and agrarian change in Africa: Models, mechanisms and new ways forward

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 52-57

  deGrassi, Aaron ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

AFRICA;

EID: 27844455889     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2005.tb00196.x     Document Type: Article

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