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Regional Review of Payments for Watershed Services: Sub-Saharan Africa

Paul J. Ferraro Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 525-550 | Published online: 18 Oct 2010

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