Chapter 29 Agriculture and economic development

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 2, Issue PART A, 2002, Pages 1487-1546

  Timmer, C Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

economic growth; O13; poverty alleviation; structural transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649336786     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(02)10011-9     Document Type: Review

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