Livestock asset transfers with and without training: Evidence from Rwanda

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-39

  Argent, Jonathan ^a   Augsburg, Britta ^b   Rasul, Imran ^c  

^a International Finance Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Livestock asset transfer; Training; Ultra poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916641540     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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