Journal of
African Studies and Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Afr. Stud. Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2189
  • DOI: 10.5897/JASD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 238

Full Length Research Paper

Income distribution in rural Egypt—A three-village case

Erina Iwasaki
  • Erina Iwasaki
  • Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
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  •  Received: 06 October 2014
  •  Accepted: 16 December 2014
  •  Published: 31 January 2015

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