Patterns of rural mechanisation, energy and employment in South Asia: Reopening the debate

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 78-82

  Biggs, Stephen ^a   Justice, Scott ^b   Lewis, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b National Agricultural and Environmental Forum   (Nepal)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859343958     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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