Tourism sector in Panama: Regional economic impacts and the potential to benefit the poor

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-79

  Klytchnikova, Irina ^a   Dorosh, Paul ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiplier effects of tourism; Poverty and tourism; Regional impacts of tourism; Social Accounting Matrix

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; POVERTY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84879160117     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12019     Document Type: Article

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