Soybeans, poverty and inequality in the Brazilian Amazon

World Development

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-143

  Weinhold, Diana ^a   Killick, Evan ^b   Reis, Eustaquio J ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amazonia; Brazil; Poverty; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SOYBEAN;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84883431925     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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