Economic and distributional impacts of climate change: The case of Ethiopia

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-286

  Mideksa, Torben K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Economic growth; Ethiopia; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77951257165     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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