Does natural resource extraction mitigate poverty and inequality? Evidence from rural Mexico and a lacandona rainforest community

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-269

  López Feldman, Alejandro ^a   Mora, Jorge ^b   Taylor, J Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947395153     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X06003494     Document Type: Article

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