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The Value of Skills – Raising the Socioeconomic Status of Rural Women in India

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  • Yvonne Jie Chen & Namrata Chindarkar, 2017. "The Value of Skills – Raising the Socioeconomic Status of Rural Women in India," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(2), pages 229-261, January.
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