Pastoralists' Conceptions of Poverty: An Analysis of Traditional and Conventional Indicators from Borana, Ethiopia

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1168-1178

  Tache, Boku ^a   Sjaastad, Espen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Indicators; Pastoralism; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PASTORALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RANKING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

BORANA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77954309825     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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