Rural livelihood diversification and poverty in southwestern Nigeria

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-42

  Adewusi, O A ^a   Adeoti, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Logit model; Nigeria; Poverty; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547897709     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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