Who participates in labor-intensive public works in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from rural Botswana and Kenya

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 431-438

  Teklu, Tesfaye ^a   Asefa, Sisay ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

BOTSWANA; KENYA;

EID: 0033040233     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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