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Household decision dynamics and food insecurity: evidence from the one-cow-per-poor-family programme in Rwanda. 家庭决策动态与粮食不安全：来自卢旺达每个贫困家庭一头牛计划的证据。

SN business & economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1007/s43546-025-00904-w

Olayinka Idowu Kareem, Mayokun Akeremale, Christine Wieck, Theogene Dusingizimana, Olivier Kamana, Mizeck G G Chagunda

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