Feeling rich on an empty stomach: Agrarian crisis and rural consumption choices

Middle India and Urban-Rural Development: Four Decades of Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 251-274

  Cavalcante, Marco ^a  

^a Human Resource Development Coordinator   (Nepal)

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EID: 84961356621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2431-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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