Addressing the “Wicked Problem” of Input Subsidy Programs in Africa

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  2013

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  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

• Publication date

  2013-06-01

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  Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/AEPP/PPT001
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