Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies in Nepal

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-281

  Rahut, Dil Bahadur ^a   Ali, Akhter ^b   Kassie, Menale ^c   Marenya, Paswel P ^a   Basnet, Chudamani ^d  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Pakistan Office CSI Building NARC   (Pakistan)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)   (Kenya)

^d SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

education; employment; livelihood strategy; Nepal; rural household

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947429186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pop4.75     Document Type: Article

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