Poverty, Access to Finance and Markets in Rural Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence from Coffee Growing Households
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2009-06
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Abstract
This paper Iries III eSlahlish Ihe link 11701 access 10 credil and prodllci markels have on Ihe
\i'elfclre sl({/IIS or hOllseholds in .lilĀ·e co/lee growing zones o/OrolJlia and SNNP regional
sl(l/es. BOlh descripl ive (poverly profile) and regression analysis are employed. II was fa lind
1/70/ {he incidence (d poret!." 11'us./iJlll7d to he r0l11pal11 in the situ/)' area 1\ ';Ih head COlll71 ratio
or (Un, a hi( .I'll/oller figllre Ihan Ihe official eslimales or Ihe incidence o(po,'en,' in rllml
({reo s. Whereas .Jill/lila uml IIll1hohllr " 'ere fOllnd 10 he signi/icol7li1' di/j'erel/I F um Wesl
Hu/'Urge, Ihis di/ference "'ilh Sidul//o and !lllIhahllr " 'ere n(}f signijicol7I. Access (() credi/lFos
./i17I17" 10 he significal7lly explaining Ihe level o( po"err), in Ihe .\'wnple hOllseholds.
Households l\'ho hu\'(! on uccess fO credif ha\'e more prohahililY o(getling o/(f (~r poverty
Ihon households 'I'ho don 'I IU/I'e an access 10 ii, Moreover, Ihe ' I'elfclre or hOllseholds wilh
nmrer produci /11arke /.\' is heller Ihan Ihe ,,'el/ilre or households hOl'ing disf({nl producI
II/urkels, There/in'e, pr01'isiol/ or rllral credil IU Ihese households 'I'ill help Ihem finance
;m'eSfml!n1S (lnd to insure oguinsl risks and Iherehy enhances their \I'e(j"al'C!. J\;/uking markels
' I'ork fill' Ihe poor is imporlanl "e('({{/I'e poor people rei1' on /i)rll'lol and infi)/'/l1ol murkels 10
\'ell Iheir protiIiG/s. rVel/:/ilJ1clioning markets are important in generating gnHFlh lind
expanding oJ7porllmi/ies fi)J-/he p()or.
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Thesis Submitted To The School Of Graduate Studies 011 Addis
Ababa University In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements
For-The Degree Of Master Of Science In Economics
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Poverty Access, Coffee Growing Households