Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S12-S28

  Angelsen, Arild ^a,b   Jagger, Pamela ^b,c   Babigumira, Ronnie ^a,b   Belcher, Brian ^b,d   Hogarth, Nicholas J ^b,e   Bauch, Simone ^a   Börner, Jan ^b,f   Smith Hall, Carsten ^g   Wunder, Sven ^h  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forests; Household income surveys; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84911399519     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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