eprintid: 10088689
rev_number: 17
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datestamp: 2020-01-07 12:13:47
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creators_name: Teka, AM
creators_name: Temesgen Woldu, G
creators_name: Fre, Z
title: Status and determinants of poverty and income inequality in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities: Household-based evidence from Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F32
keywords: Afar,
Determinants,
FGT index,
Income inequality,
Pastoral,
Poverty
note: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).
abstract: This paper analyzes poverty and its determinants and income inequality in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Ethiopia. 2295 households from zone 1 and zone 2 of the Afar region were surveyed and examined using the FGT index, the Gini coefficient, and logistic regression. 47.6 percent of the households are poor, with poverty gap index of 0.178 and poverty severity index of 0.092. Food poverty accounts for 33.7 percent with an income gap of Birr 33 per month. Food poverty is highest in pastoral (35.6%) than the agro-pastoral communities (29.8%). 35.6 percent of PSNP non-participants and 32 percent of the participant households are poor. Gender of the household head, family size, access to credit, mobility, participating in safety net programs and local institutions, distance to market and remittances are determining poverty in the area. There is an alarmingly high degree of income inequality (0.592) in the study area. The lowest Gini index (0.433) is found in Koneba district, and the highest index (0.616) is observed in widowed heads of households. Strengthening the poverty reduction programs and introducing diversified income schemes; modernizing local institutions, increase provision of microfinance services, introducing packages specific to women and youth are recommended to address the high poverty and inequality in Afar.
date: 2019-09
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100123
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1733789
doi: 10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100123
lyricists_name: Fre, Zeremariam
lyricists_id: ZFREX56
actors_name: Fre, Zeremariam
actors_id: ZFREX56
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: World Development Perspectives
volume: 15
article_number: 100123
citation:        Teka, AM;    Temesgen Woldu, G;    Fre, Z;      (2019)    Status and determinants of poverty and income inequality in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities: Household-based evidence from Afar Regional State, Ethiopia.                   World Development Perspectives , 15     , Article 100123.  10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100123 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100123>.       Green open access   
 
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