Browsing by Author "Shimeles, Abebe"
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Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015?
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe (Blackwell Publishing, 2007)This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in Africa by 2015. It is shown that initial levels of inequality and per capita consumption determine the ... -
Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
Shimeles, Abebe; Bigsten, Arne (2005)This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in Africa by 2015. A pro-poor growth-scenario and a constant-inequality scenario are compared. It is shown ... -
Community based health insurance schemes in Africa: The case of Rwanda
Shimeles, Abebe (2010-08)Community-based health insurance schemes (Mutuelles) in Rwanda are one of the largest experiments in community based risk-sharing mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa for health related problems. This study examines the impact ... -
Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia
Shimeles, Abebe (2006)Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. This finding is consistent with major ... -
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys
Taddesse, Mekonnen; Shimeles, Abebe; Kebede, Bereket; Bigsten, Arne (2002)The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to 1997, a period of economic recovery driven by good weather, peace, and much improved macro economic ... -
The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe (2008-01-08)This paper investigates dynamics of poverty in urban Ethiopia using both subjective and objective definitions of poverty. The two sets of estimates of persistence and recurrence of poverty are similar, suggesting that ... -
Poverty dynamics in Ethiopia: state dependence
Islam, Nizamul; Shimeles, Abebe (2007-08-29)This paper focuses on the persistency of poverty in rural and urban households in Ethiopia by estimating dynamic probit models. Unobserved heterogeneity, first order state dependence and serially correlated error component ... -
Poverty Transition and Persistence in Ethiopia, 1994-2004
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe (Elsevier, 2008)