Economic transformation for poverty reduction in Africa
Subtitle: a multidimensional approach
By: edited by Almas Heshmati
Edition: Revised first edition.
Series: Routledge studies in development economics -- 134; Routledge studies in development economics -- 134.
Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780429268939
Subjects: Poverty; Government policy; Economic policy; Economic development; Agriculture; Entrepreneurship; Pauvreté; Politique gouvernementale; Politique économique; Développement économique; Aspect économique; Entrepreneuriat; Economic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to economic transformation for poverty reduction in Africa / Almas Heshmati; title: Impact of weather variations on cereal productivity and the influence of agro-ecological differences in Ethiopian cereal production / Oumer Berisso Metaksa; title: Vulnerability and impact assessment of climate change on East African wildlife tourism : a study of the Maasai Mara ecosystem / Richard Kerongo Mose; title: Multidimesional measure of household energy poverty and its determinants in Ethiopia / Mekonnen Bersisa; title: Houseold food security and school enrollment : evidence from Malawi / Sunyoung Lee; title: Analysis of poverty and its determinants in Rwanda / Masoomeh Rashidghalam; title: Assessing the revenue implications of indirect tax reforms in Rwanda / Etienne Ndemezo and Francis Menjo-Baye; title: Differential impact of trade liberalization and rural-urban income inequalities on poverty in African countries / Kahsay Berhane; title: Effects of capital flight on growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia : evidence from a simulation-based analysis / Alemayehu Geda and Addis Yimer; title: Employment and incidence of poverty in urban Ethiopia / Martha Kibru Melese; title: Impact of gender wage differentials on poverty and inequalities in Cameroon / Pierre M. Nguetse-Tegoum and Justin Bem; title: Econometric analysis of business start-ups in Rwanda / Joseph Ndagijimana, Tharcisse Nzasingizimana and Almas Heshmati; title: A within-country study of conflict and poverty in Nigeria / Chinasa I. Ikelu; title: The cost of commercial motorcycle accidents in Uganda / Richard Sebaggala, Fred Matovu, Dan Ayebale, Vincent Kisenyi, and Messarck Katusiimeh.