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Sri Lanka's Rural Non-Farm Economy: Removing Constraints to Pro-Poor Growth

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Deininger, Klaus
Jin, Songqing
Sur, Mona

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Volume (Year): 35 (2007)
Issue (Month): 12 (December)
Pages: 2056-2078
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