Efficiency, Equity and Well-Being in Selected African Countries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nilsson, Pia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Heshmati, Almas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being,
• Subjects: Africa-Economic conditions.; Economic policy.; Africa-Politics and government.; African Economics.; Economic Policy.; African Politics.

This book addresses poverty and well-being, equity, and efficiency in selected African countries. The chapters focus on three main topics: studies in the measurement and analysis of well-being and vulnerability to poverty, women's empowerment, and the dynamics and determinants of income and eff...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Measurement and Analysis of Poverty in Rwanda
• Chapter 3: Measurement and Analysis of Multidimensional Well-being in Russia
• Chapter 4: Vulnerability to Poverty in Ethiopia
• Chapter 5: Persistence of Social Exclusion in Tanzania
• Chapter 6: On Women's Empowerment and Children's Health: The Case of Ghana
• Chapter 7: Women's Access to Microfinance Services in Southern Ethiopia: Assessing the Promises, Impacts, hallenges and Gaps
• Chapter 8: Poverty and Food Security Effect of Climate Variability on Smallholders: The Case of Western Hararghe Zone Ethiopia
• Chapter 9: Analysis of Factors Affecting Persistent and Transient Inefficiency of Ethiopia's Smallholder Cereal Farming
• Chapter 10: Determinants of Income Mobility in Uganda.