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To Cite this Article: Farag, F. S., & Ab-Rahim, R. (2022). An Empirical Analysis of Causal Relationships Between Agricultural Labour and Agricultural GDP in Libya. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(9), 1489– 1495.
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