Income and Asset Poverty among Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-0388,1743-9140
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1219346