Poverty and Natural Disasters: A Regression Meta-Analysis
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economics and Institutions
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2038-1379,2038-1344
DOI: 10.5202/rei.v7i2.222