Privatization of tubewells in North China: Determinants and impacts on irrigated area, productivity and the water table
β Scribed by Jinxia Wang; Jikun Huang; Qiuqiong Huang; Scott Rozelle
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1431-2174
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