Forests, sustainability and poverty in India

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-378

  Gundimeda, Haripriya ^a   Shyamsundar, Priya ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics   (Thailand)

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EID: 84861892063     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X12000162     Document Type: Review

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