Chapter 22 The economics of agriculture in developing countries: The role of the environment

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 2, Issue PART A, 2002, Pages 1213-1247

  López, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

economic growth; institutions; natural resource dynamics; O13; policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649344290     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(02)10004-1     Document Type: Review

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