Capital assets and institutional constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 1-23 - 2011
Hari Bansha Dulal1, Gernot Brodnig1, Kalim U. Shah2
1Social Development Department, The World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC, 20006, USA
2The University of Trinidad & Tobago, Lots #74-98 O'Meara Industrial Park, Arima, Trinidad, West Indies

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