Income diversification in Zimbabwe : welfare implications from urban and rural areas
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Rural Poverty Reduction; Inequality; Poverty Diagnostics; Economic Theory&Research;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2006-07-15 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2006-07-15 (All new papers)
- NEP-DEV-2006-07-15 (Development)
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