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Title | Shocks, livestock asset dynamics and social capital in Ethiopia |
Author | Mogues, Tewodaj |
ORCID | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-8445 Mogues, Tewodaj |
Year | 2006 |
Abstract | This paper uses household survey panel data of 416 rural households to study livestock asset dynamics in the north-east of Ethiopia. The period under examination (1996-2003) was marked by severe environmental shocks, including a series of droughts. Using as point of departure the literature on the evolution of productive assets in the presence of risk, which relates asset paths to initial endowments, we test the hypothesis of wealth divergence and the existence of asset poverty traps. Results indicate rather that livestock asset dynamics are marked by convergence over time. Examining the role of social capital in recovery and growth of households’ endowments, both local social relationships as well as ‘bridging’ social capital seem to have a positive effect on asset holdings directly, as well as indirectly by mitigating the impact of income shocks on livestock capital. |
Series Name | DSGD Discussion Paper |
Series Number | 38 |
Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
Language | English |
Record Type | Discussion paper |
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
Subject - country location |
ETHIOPIA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA |
Subject - keywords |
livestock Household surveys Environmental disasters Poverty assets Social capital drought |
IFPRI Descriptors |
IFPRI1 Disaster Prevention and Recovery |
IFPRI Division | DSGD |
LOC call number | DSG DP38 |
Physical description | 53 pages |
IFPRI Web link | http://www.ifpri.org/divs/dsgd/dp/dsgdp38.asp |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 35501.cpd |
Date cataloged | 2017-06-28 |
Date modified | 2017-06-28 |
OCLC number | 778454121 |
CONTENTdm number | 35500 |
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Title | dsgdp38 1 |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 35448.pdfpage |
Date cataloged | 2015-03-10 |
Date modified | 2015-03-10 |
CONTENTdm number | 35447 |
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