Towards the development of differential land taxation and its implications for sustainable land management

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 693-697

  Kassahun, Daniel ^a  

^a Forum for Social Studies   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Differential land taxation; Ethiopia; Land degradation; Land management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TAX;

EID: 33750701871     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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