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Impacts of anti-poverty programs on land use change – the case of NREGS in India

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  • Chakravarty, Shourish & Mullally, Conner C., 2020. "Impacts of anti-poverty programs on land use change – the case of NREGS in India," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304640, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.304640
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