Search for dissertations about: "poverty traps."
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words poverty traps..
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1. Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia
Abstract : Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Taxation, Externalities, and Poverty Traps
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I characterizes the optimal mix of linear commodity taxation and non-linear income taxation in a dynamic economy where consumption gives rise to positional and environmental externalities. READ MORE
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3. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes
Abstract : Over one and a half billion people live in poverty, with some 795 million suffering from chronic malnourishment. For many of these people this perilous situation has persisted for decades or more, in what is popularly characterized as a poverty ‘trap’. READ MORE
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4. Traps and transformations : Exploring the potential of water system innovations in dryland sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : In semi-arid and dry sub-humid sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), high poverty levels and a heavy reliance on small-scale rainfed agriculture make rural livelihoods difficult. Upgrading current farming systems, in a way that safeguards productivity beyond field-scale, is urgent. READ MORE
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5. Development and Resilience : Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes
Abstract : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. READ MORE