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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2018

Bjorn Lomborg
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Copenhagen Business School
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Prioritizing Development
A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
, pp. 1 - 12
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bjorn Lomborg, Copenhagen Business School
  • Book: Prioritizing Development
  • Online publication: 30 May 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108233767.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bjorn Lomborg, Copenhagen Business School
  • Book: Prioritizing Development
  • Online publication: 30 May 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108233767.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bjorn Lomborg, Copenhagen Business School
  • Book: Prioritizing Development
  • Online publication: 30 May 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108233767.002
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