Climate-change adaptation in ethiopia: To what extent does social protection influence livelihood diversification?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages o35-o56

  Weldegebriel, Zerihun Berhane ^a,b,c   Prowse, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ethiopia; Income diversification; Productive Safety Net Programme; Social protection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; INCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL POLICY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84885946938     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12038     Document Type: Article

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