Agricultural outputs and conflict displacement: Evidence from a policy intervention in Rwanda

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-66

  Kondylis, Florence ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; GENOCIDE; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SEED; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50849128539     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590446     Document Type: Article

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