Collective action for watershed management: Field experiments in Colombia and Kenya

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-303

  Cardenas, Juan Camilo ^a   Rodriguez, Luz Angela ^b   Johnson, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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EID: 79958831463     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X10000392     Document Type: Article

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