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| Barrett, Christopher B.; Bezuneh, Mesfin; Clay, Daniel C.; Reardon, Thomas. |
| A burgeoning recent literature emphasizes "livelihood" diversification among smallholder populations (Chambers and Conway 1992, Davies 1993, Ellis 1998, Bryceson 1999, Ellis 2000, Little et al. 2001). While definitions vary within this literature, the concept of livelihoods revolves around the opportunity set afforded an individual or household by their asset endowment and their chosen allocation of those assets across various activities to generate a stream of benefits, most commonly measured as income. This holistic perspective has the potential to enhance our understanding of the strategies that farm households pursue to ensure food and income security given the natural and economic environment in which they operate. Diversification patterns... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; O & Q12. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14761 |
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| Bezuneh, Mesfin; Yiheyis, Zelealem. |
| Trade liberalization has been promoted by the World Bank and IMF based on the argument that openness to trade will contribute to economic growth and development. More specifically, trade liberalization was expected to reduce poverty and improve food availability for local consumption, and thereby contributing to the reduction of malnutrition and to the overall efforts of food security of a nation. Despite the lack of consensus, most developing countries took the challenge to liberalize their economies. Quarter of a century later, to our knowledge, there is little or no consensus about the empirical relationship between trade liberalization events and food availability/security. The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the effect of trade... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51136 |
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