The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and structural adjustment: A cross-national analysis of forest loss

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 210-225

  Shandra, John M ^a   Shircliff, Eric ^a   London, Bruce ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Deforestation; International Monetary Fund; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149467189     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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