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Unofficial Trade When States are Weak: The Case of Cross-Border Commerce in the Horn of Africa

Abstract: This paper addresses informal cross-border trade in the Horn of Africa, with an emphasis on the Somalia borderlands. It will be shown that despite the […]

  • Date of Publication: April 2005
  • Author(s): Peter D. Little
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Prospects for Goat Down – Russian

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  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): Carol Kerven; Aidos Smailov
  • Type of Document: Newspaper Article

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Production Strategies of Livestock Herders in the Grasslands of Kazakhstan: Implications for the Marketing of Fibers

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  • Date of Publication: 2005
  • Author(s): Kathleen A. Galvin; Carol Kerven; Randall B. Boone; Aidos Smailov
  • Type of Document: Media

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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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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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Rectifying Distributionally Regressive Microfinance Systems in Northern Kenya

Abstract: The absence of financial savings and credit access is widely cited as an obstacle to poverty reduction in the rangelands of east Africa. The well-known […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2004
  • Author(s): Sharon Osterloh
  • 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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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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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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Poverty Traps and Safety Nets

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  • Date of Publication: June 2004
  • Author(s): Christopher B. Barrett; John G. McPeak
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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