Holistic engineering and hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 44, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 50-60

  Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta ^a   Ghosh, Nilanjan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Takshashila Academia of Economic Research   (India)

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EID: 84882287161     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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