Forests, biomass use and poverty in Malawi

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2461-2471

  Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit ^a   Shyamsundar, Priya ^b   Baccini, Alessandro ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b SANDEE   (Thailand)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass scarcity; Fuelwood; Labor allocation; Malawi; Poverty

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DEFORESTATION; FUELWOOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR SUPPLY; POVERTY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

MALAWI;

EID: 80053299696     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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