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The rural economy, and within the rural economy the livestock sector, is the key to economic growth and the reduction of poverty in Mongolia.

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Swift, J. (1995). Rural Development: The Livestock Sector. In: Griffin, K. (eds) Poverty and the Transition to a Market Economy in Mongolia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23960-3_7

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