Shocks, structural change, and the patterns of income diversification in Burkina Faso

African Development Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-58

  Lay, Jann ^a   Narloch, Ulf ^a,b   Mahmoud, Toman Omar ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 63049094647     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2009.00202.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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