Cash Transfer Programme, Productive Activities and Labour Supply: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Kenya
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Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-0388,1743-9140
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.919383