Policy for plenty: measuring the benefits of policy-oriented social science research
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- Norton, George W. & Alwang, Jeffrey, 1997. "Policy for Plenty: Measuring the Benefits of Policy-oriented Social Science Research," Staff Papers 232552, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
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pesticides; deforestation; development policies; impact assessment; Indonesia; Brazil; South-eastern Asia; Oceania; Latin America; South America;All these keywords.
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