Growth and chronic poverty: Evidence from rural communities in Ethiopia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-253

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b   Woldehanna, Tassew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84857943579     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.625410     Document Type: Article

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