Poverty, development, and environment

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-660

  Barbier, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 79551492287     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X1000032X     Document Type: Article

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