The role of local nonfarm activities and migration in reducing poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 449-458

  Matsumoto, Tomoya ^a   Kijima, Yoko ^a,b   Yamano, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Africa; Migration; Nonfarm income; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EDUCATION; FARM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; POVERTY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33845669645     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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