Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in rural Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-233

  Liverpool Tasie, Lenis Saweda O ^a   Winter Nelson, Alex ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asset poverty; Ethiopia; Multiple equilibria; Poverty; Poverty dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EXPENDITURE; INCOME; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79951633196     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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