Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks : evidence from Ethiopia (English)

Although the measurement and determinants of poverty have been widely studied, vulnerability, or the threat of future poverty, has been more difficult to investigate due to data paucity. This paper combines nationally representative household data with objective drought and price information to quantify the causes of vulnerability to poverty in Ethiopia. Previous estimates have relied on self-reported shocks and variation in outcomes within a survey...

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Hill,Ruth;

Porter,Catherine;
Document Date
2016/12/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7920
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ethiopia,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/12/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks : evidence from Ethiopia
Keywords
representative household income

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Hill,Ruth; Porter,Catherine.

Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks : evidence from Ethiopia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7920 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959471482167974723

Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks : evidence from Ethiopia (English)

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