Rural livelihood diversity to manage economic shocks: Evidence from south-east Zimbabwe

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Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-357

  Mutenje, M J ^a   Ortmann, G F ^a   Ferrer, S R D ^a   Darroch, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asset endowments; Cluster analysis; Diversity; Livelihoods; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 78649986116     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2010.503381     Document Type: Article

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