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Title:Socio-economic dimensions of rural poverty in Ethiopia, a qualitative study of two highland communities in North Shewa
Author:Yared AmareISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Journal of Ethiopian Studies (ISSN 0304-2243)
Volume:35
Issue:2
Period:December
Pages:112-140
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Ethiopia
Northeast Africa
Subjects:rural poverty
livelihoods
households
sociology
Rural poor
Community life
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41966137
Abstract:Qualitative data on the perceptions and experiences of peasants in two communities of North Shewa, Ethiopia, based on fieldwork conducted in November 2000, are used to discuss the socioeconomic factors that account for the reasons why households fall into or avoid poverty. Access to assets that are the basis of agricultural production to a great extent determines households' livelihood security. At the same time social events and peasants' restructuring of their households affect their access to and control of assets in a dynamic manner. In addition to levels of access to key production assets and households' livelihood strategies, networks of mutual assistance and exchange of resources among households, such as revolving credit groups and animal sharing, are critical in determining whether households are able to avoid, cope with, or emerge from poverty. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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