Determinants of rural labor market participation in Tanzania

African Studies Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 32-47

  Mduma, John K ^a,b   Wobst, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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