Prices and poverty in urban Ethiopia

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Gebremedhin, Tesfaye Alemayehu ^a   Whelan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AFRICA; DIRE DAWA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MEKELLE BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37249005766     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejm003     Document Type: Article

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