Agriculture, Development, and Urban Bias

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1342-1364

  Bezemer, Dirk ^a   Headey, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural development; agricultural policies; foreign aid; urban bias

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 43549124909     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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