Economic value of mitigation of plant invaders in a subsistence economy: Incorporating labour as a mode of payment

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-244

  Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Scarborough, Helen ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84875144177     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X1200037X     Document Type: Article

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