Dry forest based livelihoods in resettlement areas of Northwestern Ethiopia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-77

  Abebaw, Degnet ^a   Kassa, Habtemariam ^b   Kassie, Girma T ^c   Lemenih, Mulugeta ^d   Campbell, Bruce ^e   Teka, Worku ^f  

^a Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

^b Centre for International Forestry Research Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^d International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Dry forest; Ethiopia; Multivariate probit; Poverty; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DRY FORESTS; ETHIOPIA; MULTIVARIATE PROBIT; POVERTY; RESETTLEMENT;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY;

FORESTRY;

ETHIOPIA; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; LOPHIRA; SETTLEMENT;

BOS;

EID: 84860884314     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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