Cultural and economic tensions in Pacific Islands' futures

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 919-929

  Duncan, Ron ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Economic development; Islands; Pacific regions; Population distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849438128     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290810911462     Document Type: Review

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