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Does Urbanization Matter For Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: An Empirical Evidence From Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Estimation

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|Jul 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sues-2023-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2285-3065 | Journal ISSN: 1584-2339
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 20
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2022
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Accepted on: Dec 1, 2022
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Published on: Jul 15, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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