Geography, poverty and conflict in Nepal

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-748

  Do, Quy Toan ^a   Iyer, Lakshmi ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; geography; insurgency; Nepal; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649705574     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310386175     Document Type: Article

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