Agriculture, poverty, and postwar reconstruction: Micro-level evidence from Northern Mozambique

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-397

  Bozzoli, Carlos ^a   Brück, Tilman ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 65149083467     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343309102658     Document Type: Article

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