Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys

Arne Bigsten (), Bereket Kebede, Abebe Abebe and Mekonnen Taddesse
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Mekonnen Taddesse : Department of Economics, Addis Adaba Univ

No 65, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to 1997, a period of economic recovery driven by good weather, peace, and much improved macro economic management. Unlike mostdeveloping countries, urban and rural poverty in Ethiopia are not significantly different from each other. The analysis of the structure of poverty shows asset ownership,education, type of crops planted, dependency ratios, and location to be important determinants. Decomposition of changes in poverty into the growth and redistribution components indicates that potential poverty-reduction due to the increase in real per capita income was to some extent counteracted by worsening income distribution. The implications of the results for a pro-poor policy are discussed.

Keywords: Growth; poverty; households; survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2002-01-16
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Published in World Development, 2003, pages 87-106.

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