Debt, Structural Adjustment and Deforestation: A Cross-National Study
We present cross-national models that examine the determinants of deforestation from 1990 to 2005 for a sample of sixty-two poor nations. We test dependency theory hypotheses that both debt and structural adjustment affect forests. We find substantial support for this theoretical perspective. The re...
Main Authors: | John M. Shandra, Eran Shor, Gary and Bruce Maynard and London |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2015-08-01
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Series: | Journal of World-Systems Research |
Online Access: | http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/345 |
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