Empirical evidence of productivity growth in Tunisian agriculture: 1961-2000

African Development Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Dhehibi, Boubaker ^a   Lachaal, Lassaad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LABOR; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33750895088     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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