Policies for agricultural productivity growth and poverty reduction in rural Ethiopia

World Development

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 461-474

  Abro, Zewdu Ayalew ^a   Alemu, Bamlaku Alamirew ^a,b   Hanjra, Munir A ^c,d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Dynamic poverty; Ethiopia; Land productivity; Pro poor growth

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84896305933     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.033     Document Type: Article

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