Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa

Edited by Christopher B Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter

List Price: $150.00

ISBN: 978-0-415-41138-7
Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 09/06/2007
Pages: 224

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Contents

Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue. The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: An Asset Based Approach. ‘Moving in Place’: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia. Exploring Poverty Traps and Social Exclusion in South Africa Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data. Welfare Dynamics in Rural Kenya and Madagascar. Persistent Poverty in North East Ghana. Shocks and their Consequences Across and Within Households in Rural Zimbabwe. Rural Income and Poverty in a Time of Radical Change in Malawi. Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor in Thirty-Six Villages in Central and Western Uganda.

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