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2006

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The Dynamics Of Income Diversification In Ethiopia: Evidence From Panel Data, Adugna Lemi Jan 2006

The Dynamics Of Income Diversification In Ethiopia: Evidence From Panel Data, Adugna Lemi

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Block and Webb (2001) in Food Policy address the issue of the dynamics of livelihood diversification in Ethiopia. Their study uses the ratio of per capita income derived from crops to the sum of all other incomes as an indicator of livelihood diversification for the years 1989 and 1994. Their study focuses only on drought-prone areas during the survey years. The aim of the present study is to explore further the demographic and economic determinants of the dynamics of income diversification using survey data. The data used in this study cover larger and more representative sample and was colleted from …