livestock markets to offload animals when climatic shocks temporarily reduce the carrying capacity of local rangelands, and then … hypothesize that investments in livestock marketing systems might quickly pay for themselves through reduced demand for relief aid …

Understanding household-level asset dynamics has important implications for designing relevant poverty reduction … drought) on the behavioral decisions of pastoralists in Northern Kenya. Using household panel data this study then explores … the livestock asset dynamics using both non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques to establish the shape of the asset …