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Research Article

Determinants of peri-urban households' livelihood strategy choices: An empirical study of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

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Article: 1562508 | Received 09 May 2018, Accepted 18 Dec 2018, Published online: 12 Jan 2019

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