household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic incentives to convert unused lands to sugarcane-ethanol production … involve smallholders in feedstock production in order to reduce rural poverty, especially since our results indicate that … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment …

Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes and caloric … availability using a dynamic computable general equilibrium and micro-level poverty and nutrition modules. Results indicate that …

faster than the rural population. However, poverty is still severe in Ethiopia and is concentrated in rural areas. To … accelerate growth and poverty reduction, Ethiopia’s national strategy affords an important role to agriculture as a source of …

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …

to reduce poverty than increasing export-crop production. This conclusion is based on case studies of ten low …

why. In addition, the impact of the crises on employment and poverty is in dispute. We develop a dynamic computable … commodity crisis increased employment and reduced poverty by favouring labour-intensive exports, especially in agriculture. The … people below the US$2-a-day poverty line, with the vast majority of these being rural dwellers. The net effect of the crises …