The Effect of Aid On Capacity To Adapt To Climate Change: Insights From Niue

@article{Barnett2008TheEO,
  title={The Effect of Aid On Capacity To Adapt To Climate Change: Insights From Niue},
  author={Jon Barnett},
  journal={Political Science},
  year={2008},
  volume={60},
  pages={31 - 45},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155080576}
}
  • J. Barnett
  • Published 1 June 2008
  • Environmental Science, Political Science, Economics
  • Political Science
In the same way that aid can have mixed effects on sustainable development in small island states, aid can also have mixed effects on the capacity of small states to adapt to avoid impacts of climate… 
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