Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa: A Multi-faceted Economic Approach (Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being)

This volume is a collection of selected studies on poverty and well-being in East Africa. Using a multidimensional approach, the authors hope to provide a broad view of poverty and a thorough account of the variables that contribute to it. As opposed to traditional studies of poverty, which focus mainly on material well-being, this volume includes criteria such as material standard of living, health, education, housing, personal security, access to information, freedom, participation in organization, corruption, trust, and employment. The studies highlighted in this volume are grouped into the following four research areas: child poverty and malnutrition, dynamics and determinants of poverty, multidimensional measures of poverty, and energy-environment-poverty relationships. Together, these studies provide a comprehensive picture of the state of multidimensional poverty, its measurement, causal factors, and policies and practices in Burundi, Cameron, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania. The methodology utilized in the studies is diverse as well, ranging from econometric analysis to decision theory, to neoclassical growth models. This book is geared towards students and researchers interested in economic development, welfare, and poverty in Africa as well as policy makers and members of NGOs and international aid agencies. Child Poverty And Household Poverty In Cameroon : A Multidimensional Approach / Pierre Nguetse Tegoum And Kodzo Dodzi Hevi -- The Impact Of Child Malnutrition And Health On Cognitive Skills In Ethiopia : Using A Standard Panel Data Analysis / Kahsay Berhane Lemma -- Assessing Mdg Achievements Through Under-5 Child Stunting In The East African Community : Some Insights From Urban Versus Rural Areas In Burundi And Rwanda Using Dhs2010 / Tharcisse Nkunzimana, Estefania Custodio, Ana Perez-hoyos And Francois Kayitakire -- Dynamics And Determinants Of Poverty In Nigeria : Evidence From A Panel Survey / Chinasa Ikelu And Onyukwu E. Onyukwu -- The Impact Of International Remittances On Expenditure Patterns Of Urban Households In Ethiopia / Kokeb G. Gebregziabher -- Determinants Of Consumption Expenditure And Poverty Dynamics In Urban Ethiopia : Evidence From Panel Data / Oumer Berisso -- Evaluation Of Redistributive And Welfare Impacts Of Indirect Taxes Reform In Rwanda / Etienne Ndemezo And Francis Menjo Baye -- On The Measurement Of Multidimensional Well-being In Some Countries In Eastern And Southern Africa / Joseph Deutsch, Herman Musahara And Jacques Silber -- Multidimensional Measure Of Poverty In Ethiopia : Factor And Stochastic Dominance Analysis / Mekonnen Bersisa And Almas Heshmati -- Biofuels, Poverty, Food Security And Growth In Ethiopia : A Computable General Equilibrium Microsimulation Analysis / Gemechis Mersha Debela And Seneshawu Tamiru -- Does Energy Resources Spending Mitigate Adverse Effects Of Co2 Emissions From Oil Exploration In Africa? / Olufemi Muibi Saibu And Akinwande A. Atanda. Almas Heshmati, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction and Summary of Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa: A Multifaceted Economic Approach ....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Child Poverty and Household Poverty in Cameroon: A Multidimensional Approach....Pages 11-33 The Impact of Child Malnutrition and Health on Cognitive Skills in Ethiopia: Using a Standard Panel Data Analysis....Pages 35-60 Assessing MDG Achievements Through Under-5 Child Stunting in the East African Community: Some Insights from Urban Versus Rural Areas in Burundi and Rwanda Using DHS2010....Pages 61-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Dynamics and Determinants of Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from a Panel Survey....Pages 89-116 The Impact of International Remittances on Expenditure Patterns of Urban Households in Ethiopia....Pages 117-137 Determinants of Consumption Expenditure and Poverty Dynamics in Urban Ethiopia: Evidence from Panel Data....Pages 139-164 Evaluation of Redistributive and Welfare Impacts of Indirect Taxes Reform in Rwanda....Pages 165-188 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 On the Measurement of Multidimensional Well-Being in Some Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa....Pages 191-214 Multidimensional Measure of Poverty in Ethiopia: Factor and Stochastic Dominance Analysis....Pages 215-238 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 Biofuels, Poverty, Food Security and Growth in Ethiopia: A Computable General Equilibrium Microsimulation Analysis....Pages 241-266 Does Energy Resources Spending Mitigate Adverse Effects of CO2 Emissions from Oil Exploration in Africa?....Pages 267-281