Better marginalised than incorporated? Pastoralist livelihoods in Somali Region, Ethiopia

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 678-695

  Devereux, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; livelihoods; marginalisation; pastoralism; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; MARGINALIZATION; PASTORALISM; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA; SOMALI;

EID: 78349260399     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2010.29     Document Type: Article

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