Income diversification before and after economic shocks: Evidence from urban and rural Zimbabwe

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-45

  Ersado, Lire ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; INCOME; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 20444485768     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350500044347     Document Type: Article

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