, asset accumulation, or income smoothing in agriculture and off-farm activities. It combines household survey data collected … increase savings. They also help households protect earnings in agriculture and off-farm businesses when shocks occur. Few …

. Furthermore, in the communities most affected by the El Nino drought, the likelihood of falling into poverty was 14.4 percent …

growth. Traditionally, applied country-specific poverty and growth analyses have been done separately. This paper describes … prioritize country-specific constraints to sustained and inclusive growth. The authors apply the framework to the case of Zambia …. The analysis suggests that income growth in Zambia is constrained by poor access to domestic and international markets …