The Impact of Economic Reforms on Rural Households in Ethiopia: A Study from 1989-1995 (Poverty Dynamics in Africa Series) - Softcover

Dercon, Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082135034X ISBN 13: 9780821350348

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2002

Synopsis

This study considers the poverty and growth experience in six villages in Ethiopia from 1989-1995. It focuses on the linkages among economic reform, growth, and changes in poverty. This study also stresses the impact of shocks on households and the need for social protection measures in a poverty reduction strategy. This book is part of a series of studies completed under the Poverty Dynamics in Africa Initiative designed to make use of the vastly improved household survey data in Africa. This series intends to enhance understanding of poverty trends in the region, and to frame more successful poverty-reducing policies for the future.

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The Impact of Economic Reforms on Rural Households in Ethiopia This study considers the poverty and growth experience in six villages in Ethiopia from 1989-1995. It focuses on the linkages among economic reform, growth, and changes in poverty. This study also stresses the impact of shocks on households and the need for social protection measures in a poverty reduction strategy. This book is part of a series of studies completed under the Poverty Dynamics in A... Full description

About the Author

Stefan Dercon is a University Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and has been Professor in Development Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, a Research Officer at the centre of the Study of African Economies, a Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Visiting
Professor at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082135034X
• ISBN 13: 9780821350348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72