Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S29-S42

  Wunder, Sven ^a   Börner, Jan ^b   Shively, Gerald ^c,d   Wyman, Miriam ^e  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Diversification; Income; Livelihoods; Risk; Shocks

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY; INCOME; RISK FACTOR; TIMBER HARVESTING; VILLAGE;

EID: 84911387866     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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