Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: Can it work?

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-38

  Holden, Stein ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b   Hagos, Fitsum ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 32244438048     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X05002676     Document Type: Article

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