Poverty Transition and Persistence in Ethiopia: 1994-2004

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1559-1584

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Shimeles, Abebe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; hazard models; poverty persistence; state dependence

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PERSISTENCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48449091715     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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