Economic shocks, diversification, and forest use in Uganda

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-154

  Debela, Bethelhem ^a   Shively, Gerald ^b   Angelsen, Arild ^a   Wik, Mette ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LANDHOLDING; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

UGANDA;

EID: 84855582448     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.1.139     Document Type: Article

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