Determinants of poverty in rural Ethiopia

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-120

  Bogale, Ayalneh ^a   Hagedorn, Konrad ^b   Korf, Benedikt ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Livelihoods; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 20844463402     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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