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Land Tenure Security and Non-Agricultural Sector Employment: Household-level Evidence from Uganda

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  • Diarra, Lacina
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  • Diarra, Lacina & Dessy, Sylvain, 2018. "Land Tenure Security and Non-Agricultural Sector Employment: Household-level Evidence from Uganda," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274240, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.274240
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