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This paper examines growth, poverty and chronic poverty in 15 Ethiopian villages between 1994 and 2004. Growth and … poverty reduction in these communities was substantial; headcount poverty fell from 48 to 35 percent. However, there is also … movement in and out of poverty over this period and a significant proportion of the sample was chronically poor. Chronic …
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across rural Ethiopia 1994-2004. It describes growth and the evolution of poverty, illustrating both considerable growth and …This paper studies the process of growth, poverty and poverty persistence in a panel data set covering 15 communities … poverty reduction. It highlights the presence of ‘chronic’ poverty, people that appear poor relatively persistently in the …
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subsidy program, failed to significantly reduce poverty in Malawi. Official estimates for 2011 showed a 1.7 percentage point … decline in national poverty between 2005 and 2011, while rural poverty increased marginally. In this study we estimate an … alternative set of regional poverty lines using a cost of basic needs method that allows the consumption bundle to vary spatially …
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Tanzania fails to bring the level of poverty to a level roughly comparable to what is found in the region and to reduce …
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We use Arndt and Simler's utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in … 2000, 2005, and 2011. Poverty reduction was steady but uneven, with gains greatest in urban areas in the first half of the … pattern of persistent improvements, though the large declines in poverty are not entirely supported by the magnitudes of …
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Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking … Ethiopia as a case. Two scenarios (complete tariff cut and uniform tariff scheme) suggest that further liberalization of trade … production of textile and leather products. Poverty shows a slight increase in both scenarios. At the national level, a complete …
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Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking … Ethiopia as a case. Two scenarios (complete tariff cut and uniform tariff scheme) suggest that further liberalization of trade … production of textile and leather products. Poverty shows a slight increase in both scenarios. At the national level, a complete …
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