Finance and Development, June 1973.

This paper reviews the influence of the tropical climate on economic development. The paper highlights that the effect of climate is clearly not the only ruling constraint on economic development. It is claimed that climatic factors severely hamper development through their impact on both human bein...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1973.
Series:Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0010/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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