Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 835-856

  Carter, Michael R ^a   Little, Peter D ^b   Mogues, Tewodaj ^c   Negatu, Workneh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Honduras; natural disasters; poverty traps

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; NATURAL DISASTER; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; HONDURAS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247176645     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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