Whither commodity-based trade?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-357

  Rich, Karl M ^a,b   Perry, Brian D ^a,c,d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; International trade; Livestock; Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIVESTOCK;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953328960     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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