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Livestock Trading and Trader Networks in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

Abstract: Livestock trading is important for pastoral economies in the Greater Horn of Africa. To understand how one might improve livestock markets it is necessary to […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2001
  • Author(s): Hussein A. Mahmoud
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Pastoral Social Safety Nets

Abstract: It is often presumed that pastoral societies have effective social safety nets to help protect themselves during times of stress. To address this important issue […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2001
  • Author(s): Cheryl Doss
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Income Diversification among East African Pastoralists

Abstract: Pastoral diversification is defined as the pursuit of any non-pastoral income-earning activity. This includes various forms of trade, wage employment, farming, and gathering and selling […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2001
  • Author(s): Peter D. Little
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Micro-finance in Northern Kenya: The Experience of K-REP Development Agency (KDA)

Abstract: Improving access to grass-roots rural savings and credit options has been postulated as an important strategy to improve pastoral risk management in northern Kenya and […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2001
  • Author(s): Sharon Osterloh
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Income diversification, poverty traps and policyshocks in Co

Abstract: This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Africa. In Cte d’Ivoire, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): Christopher B. Barrett; Mesfin Bezuneh; Abdillahi Aboud
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Avoiding Disaster: Diversification and Risk Management among East African Herders

Abstract: This article addresses processes of livelihood diversification among pastoralists in the rangelands of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. The objectives of the article are threefold: […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): Peter D. Little; Kevin Smith; Barbara A. Cellarius; D. Layne Coppock; Christopher B. Barrett
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Differential Risk Exposure and Stochastic Poverty Traps Among East African Pastoralists

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  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): John G. McPeak; Christopher B. Barrett
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Not Necessarily In The Same Boat: Heterogeneous Risk Assessment Among East African Pastoralists

Abstract: This article studies variation in risk assessment by pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Despite superficial homogeneity among […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): C. Barrett; K. Smith; P. Box
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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POLEYC : Integrated Assessment of Pastoral-Wildlife Interactions in East Africa: Implications for People, Policy, Conservation and Development in East Africa

Evolving out of the IMAS Project, the GL-CRSP POLEYC Project focused on the development of Integrated Assessments of pastoral-wildlife interactions in East Africa and the corresponding […]

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YESEMA : Managing National Parks in the Context of Changing Human Populations and Economics: Strengthening Collaboration between Researchers and Managers Working in and around Serengeti and Yellowstone Parks

The YESEMA project focused on national park management within the context of changing human populations and economics, as well as strengthening collaboration between researchers and managers […]

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