Conference name, dates, place
International Conference on Development Studies in Ethiopia, July 11-12, 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Document Type
Paper
Presentation Date
7-2003
Abstract
At the core of this short paper is explaining the persistence of environment-induced famine conditions in rural Ethiopia. To start with, there are important empirical findings that set the context. First, poverty is Ethiopia is widespread and deep (MEDaC, 1999; MFDE, 2002). Officially reported poverty head-count measure based on the 1995 nationally representative consumption survey, for example, shows that 45.5 percent of the Ethiopian population could not afford costs of privately provisioned basic needs (MEDaC, 1999). The high-order poverty estimates also point poverty is deep and unequal among the poor.
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Teklu, Tesfaye, "Environment Stress and Increased Vulnerability to Impoverishment and Survival in Ethiopia: A Synthesis" (2003). International Conference on African Development Archives. 69.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/africancenter_icad_archive/69
Comments
This synthesis is drawn from a section of the on-going review of empirical evidence on “changes in living conditions and vulnerability to environmental stress in rural Ethiopia”.