Do ICDPs work? An empirical evaluation of forest-based microenterprises in the Brazilian Amazon

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 661-681

  Weber, Jeremy G ^a   Sills, Erin O ^b,c   Bauch, Simone ^d   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^e  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMAZON   (Brazil)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INVESTMENT; MICROENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 80053331480     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.4.661     Document Type: Article

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