The environmental impact of poverty: Evidence from firewood collection in rural Nepal

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-61

  Baland, Jean Marie ^a   Bardhan, Pranab ^b   Das, Sanghamitra ^c   Mookherjee, Dilip ^d   Sarkar, Rinki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FODDER; FOREST COVER; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; LEAF LITTER; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA;

NEPAL;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FIRE; HEALTH; HEATING; HISTORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEPAL; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREE;

ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FIRES; HEATING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOUSEKEEPING; NEPAL; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 77957322827     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655455     Document Type: Article

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