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Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among a Poor Population

Abstract: We use herd history data collected among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia to study stochastic wealth dynamics among a poor population. Although covariate rainfall shocks plainly […]

  • Date of Publication: October 2004
  • Author(s): Travis J. Lybbert; Christopher B. Barrett; Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Food Aid Among East African Pastoralists

Abstract: Using household-level panel data collected quarterly between June 2000 and December 2001, we explore the efficacy of food aid targeting among pastoralist households in northern […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Erin Lentz; Chris Barrett
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Promotion of Pastoral Development in Kenya: Perspectives from the Kenya Pastoral Parliamentary Group (KPPG)

Abstract: The rangelands of Kenya occupy a very large portion of the nation. The livestock-keeping peoples who reside in these areas are disproportionately affected by high […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Ali Wario
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Can Formal Education Enhance Risk Management for Pastoralists? The Case of the Il Chamus of Baringo District, Kenya, 1980-2002

Abstract: The impacts of formal education in pastoral communities are not well understood. With few exceptions, little systematic research has been conducted, in part because education […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Peter D. Little; Abdillahi A. Aboud; Clement Lenachuru
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Improving Pastoral Welfare in Ethiopia and the Role of the Pastoral Affairs Standing Committee (PASC)

Abstract: Pastoral people have traditionally been ill-served by decision-makers. In recent years the Government of Ethiopia has become more decentralized. Pastoral rights are now protected in […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): H.E. Ato Abdulkarim A. Guleid; H.E. Ato Kibre Jimmerra Kasa
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Herd Accumulation: A Pastoral Strategy to Reduce Risk Exposure

Abstract: Herd loss is one of the major risk factors in our study sites. As found throughout pastoral areas in Africa, sudden widespread herd loss is […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Getachew Gebru; John McPeak
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Constraints Limiting Marketed Livestock Offtake Rates Among Pastoralists

Abstract: Marketed livestock offtake rates are commonly low among pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of east Africa. Many donors and policymakers have therefore emphasized […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Christopher B. Barrett; Sharon Osterloh; Peter D. Little; John G. McPeak
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Pastoral Risk Management in Southern Ethiopia: Observations from Pilot Projects based on Participatory Community Assessments

Abstract: The Borana pastoral system has come under increasing pressure as human populations grow and per capita availability of resources declines. Livestock exhibit large, periodic die-offs […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock; Seyoum Tezera; Francis K. Lelo
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Resource Conflict in the Rangelands: Evidence from Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

Abstract: Household-level survey evidence indicates that conflict over land and water among pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia is relatively rare. Resource conflict in this […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Amare T. Yirbecho; Christopher B. Barrett; Getachew Gebru
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Managing Pastoral Development in Kenya: Challenges for Policy and Law

Abstract: It is argued, at least until recently, that the policy environment in Kenya has never been truly supportive of pastoral development. Successive governments have either […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Michael Ochieng Odhiambo
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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