Does agriculture really matter for economic growth in developing countries?

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-99

  Awokuse, Titus O ^a   Xie, Ruizhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 84923107033     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12038     Document Type: Article

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