From Household Decisions to Global Networks: Biogas and the Allure of Carbon Trading in NepalFootnote

^*The author would like to thank Mr. Devendra Neupane for his valuable contributions as a field assistant and translator. This work is based on research funded in part by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant BCS-0902865, Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, Society of Woman Geographers National and Pruitt Fellowship, and a Juran Doctoral Award and Fellowship.

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