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Growth and shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia

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Dercon, Stefan

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Volume (Year): 74 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 (August)
Pages: 309-329
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  2. Stefan Dercon (QEH), . "Vulnerability: a micro perspective," QEH Working Papers qehwps149, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Stefan Dercon (QEH), . "Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk and Vulnerability in rural Ethiopia," QEH Working Papers qehwps147, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. [Downloadable!]
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