Agriculture in African development: Theories and strategies

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 471-492

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   Gollin, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic growth; rural development; structural transformation; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908287912     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012706     Document Type: Article

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