Coping with shocks in rural Ethiopia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1009-1024

  Yilma, Zelalem ^a   Mebratie, Anagaw ^a   Sparrow, Robert ^b   Abebaw, Degnet ^c   Dekker, Marleen ^d   Alemu, Getnet ^e   Bedi, Arjun S ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ethiopian Economics Association   (Ethiopia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84903769264     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.909028     Document Type: Article

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