Assets, Shocks, and Poverty Traps in Rural Mozambique

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1594-1609

  Giesbert, Lena ^a   Schindler, Kati ^b  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Assets; Mozambique; Poverty trap; Shocks

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84861754783     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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