Poverty and environment links: An illustration from Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-469

  Comim, Flavio ^a,b   Kumar, Pushpam ^c   Sirven, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNDP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d IRDES   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Environment poverty indicators; Environmental change; Human well being

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 67649425798     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1562     Document Type: Article

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