Economic transformation for poverty reduction in Africa : a multidimensional approach / edited by Almas Heshmati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heshmati, Almas, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in development economics ; 134.

Routledge studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Government policy--Africa.

Poverty.

Entrepreneurship.

Economic development.

Poverty--Government policy.

Africa--Economic policy.

Africa.

Economic policy.

Economic development--Africa.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Africa.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Entrepreneurship--Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 318 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction to economic transformation for poverty reduction in Africa / Almas HESHMATI

Part a: climate, energy and food security

Impact of weather variations on cereal productivity and the influence of agro-ecological differences in ethiopian cereal production / Oumer BERISSO Metaksa

Vulnerability and impact assessment of climate change on East African wildlife tourism : a study of Maasai Mara ecosystem / Richard Kerongo MOSE

Multidimensional measure of household energy poverty and its determinants in Ethiopia / Mekonnen BERSISA

Household food security and school enrolment : evidence from Malawi / Sunyoung LEE

Analysis of poverty and its determinants in Rwanda / Masoomeh RASHIDGHALAM

Taxes, trade openness and capital

Assessing the revenue implications of indirect tax reforms in Rwanda / Etienne NDEMEZO and Francis MENJO-BAYE

Differential impact of trade liberalization and rural-urban income inequalities on poverty in African countries / Kahsay BERHANE

Effects of capital flight on growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia : evidence from a simulation based analysis / Alemayehu GEDA and Addis YIMER

Employment, gender wage differentials and start-ups

Employment and incidence of poverty in urban Ethiopia / Martha K. MELESE

Impact of gender wage differentials on poverty and inequalities in Cameroon / Pierre M. NGUETSE-TEGOUM and Justin BEM

Econometric analysis of business start-ups in Rwanda / Joseph NDAGIJIMANA, Tharcisse NZASINGIZIMANA and Almas HESHMATI

Diversity, conflicts and hazardous factors

A within-country study of conflict and poverty in Nigeria / Chinasa I. IKELU

The cost of motorcycle accidents in Uganda / Richard SEBAGGALA, Fred MATOVU, Dan AYEBALE, Vincent KISENYI and Messarck KATUSIIMEH.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138635197

1138635197

OCLC:

966971626